2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 862,104 degrees and certificates were awarded to business, management and marketing students, making the major the most popular in the country.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 101 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 15% Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.
Columbia Southern University also claimed a spot on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, American Military University also did well on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Furman University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Furman is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Greenville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Furman are $7,513 a year.
Furman also claimed a spot on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Herzing University - Atlanta. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Herzing University - Atlanta is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Herzing University - Atlanta are $11,680 per year.
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Herzing University - Birmingham did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Herzing University - Birmingham is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Birmingham.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Herzing University - Birmingham are $11,680 a year.
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Anderson University South Carolina came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,643 a year.
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Gardner - Webb University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Boiling Springs.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Gardner - Webb are $10,130 a year.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.
University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Louisiana Tech University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ruston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Louisiana Tech are $12,690 a year.
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University of Lynchburg did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Lynchburg graduate students pay an average of $11,759 in tuition and fees each year.
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Bellarmine University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bellarmine U are $13,652 per year.
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Mississippi College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #13 on the list. MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Clinton.
MC graduate students pay an average of $12,796 in tuition and fees each year.
Citadel Military College of South Carolina came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Citadel are $18,540 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, The Citadel also did well on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Queens University of Charlotte landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Charlotte, Queens is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Queens graduate students pay an average of $14,166 in tuition and fees each year.
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Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Lipscomb University | Nashville, TN |
| 17 | The University of Tampa | Tampa, FL |
| 18 | University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, MS |
| 19 | Strayer University - Georgia | Atlanta, GA |
| 20 | Southeastern University | Lakeland, FL |
Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State
Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 19,372 |
| West Virginia | 7,145 |
| South Carolina | 10,000 |
| Florida | 38,945 |
| Virginia | 20,162 |
| Arkansas | 5,320 |
| Mississippi | 6,031 |
| Louisiana | 10,068 |
| Alabama | 13,789 |
| Kentucky | 8,045 |
| Georgia | 19,137 |
| Tennessee | 10,909 |
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Majors Related to Business, Management & Marketing
Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 416,590 |
| Accounting | 99,265 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 57,778 |
| General Business/Commerce | 56,042 |
| Marketing | 52,916 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 43,382 |
| Human Resource Management | 28,787 |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 19,119 |
| Hospitality Management | 17,689 |
| Management Information Systems | 13,680 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 11,319 |
| International Business | 9,101 |
| Real Estate | 6,547 |
| General Sales & Marketing | 5,923 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 5,667 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 5,191 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 4,822 |
| Construction Management | 3,846 |
| Insurance | 1,809 |
| Taxation | 1,547 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | 1,029 |
| Telecommunications Management | 55 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.
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