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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$11,891 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, business, management and marketing students earned 8,045 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Check out the business, management and marketing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing

Our 2023 rankings named Murray State University the best value school in Kentucky for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Murray State are $9,882 a year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Murray State University Report

#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Kentucky. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NKU graduate students pay an average of $10,284 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofL are $13,725 a year.

UofL also took the #1 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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#4

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Out of the 7 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WKU are $12,140 per year.

WKU also took the #3 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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#5

Bellarmine University

Louisville, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellarmine University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bellarmine U are $13,652 a year.

Bellarmine U also took the #4 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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#6

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UK graduate students pay an average of $13,674 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UK also took the #2 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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#7

Sullivan University

Louisville, KY

Sullivan University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.

Sullivan University graduate students pay an average of $15,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 19,372
West Virginia 7,145
Florida 38,945
Virginia 20,162
Arkansas 5,320
Mississippi 6,031
South Carolina 10,000
Louisiana 10,068
Alabama 13,789
Georgia 19,137
Tennessee 10,909

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 7 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.

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