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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$17,145 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

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

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in North Carolina with 19,372 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in North Carolina 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.

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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $7,594 per year.

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#2

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Fayetteville State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in North Carolina. Fayetteville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fayetteville State University are $5,835 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in North Carolina. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $8,265 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 11 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.

UNC Charlotte also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

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Western Carolina 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 #6 on the list. WCU is a large public school located in the town of Cullowhee.

WCU graduate students pay an average of $7,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

With a ranking of #7, Gardner - Webb University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Boiling Springs.

Gardner - Webb graduate students pay an average of $10,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Queens University of Charlotte ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. 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 in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Strayer University - North Carolina ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Morrisville, Strayer University - North Carolina is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Strayer University - North Carolina are $15,135 a year.

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#10

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #1 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in North Carolina.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
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

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 11 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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