2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You
Business, Management & Marketing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Arkansas. With 5,320 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arkansas 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing
Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UARK are $9,018 a year.
UARK also took the #2 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCA are $6,773 a year.
UCA also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #4.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Magnolia.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $6,894 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 5 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the # 4 spot on the list. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Little Rock.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UA Little Rock are $7,594 a year.
UA Little Rock did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Arkansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, Strayer University - Arkansas is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Strayer University - Arkansas graduate students pay an average of $15,135 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 19,372 |
| West Virginia | 7,145 |
| Mississippi | 6,031 |
| South Carolina | 10,000 |
| Florida | 38,945 |
| Virginia | 20,162 |
| Alabama | 13,789 |
| Kentucky | 8,045 |
| Georgia | 19,137 |
| Tennessee | 10,909 |
| Louisiana | 10,068 |
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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 5 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.