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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$12,153 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 10,909 degrees and certificates from a Tennessee school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in Tennessee 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 Tennessee

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Tennessee Technological University the best value school in Tennessee for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Tennessee Tech University is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Cookeville.

Tennessee Tech University graduate students pay an average of $11,762 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Tennessee Tech University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Tennessee Technological University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. UT Chattanooga is a large public school located in the midsize city of Chattanooga.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Chattanooga are $10,474 a year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Middle Tennessee State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Middle Tennessee State University are $10,818 a year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Middle Tennessee State University Report

#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $10,908 per year.

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#5

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Peay State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Austin Peay State University is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Clarksville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Austin Peay State University are $9,841 a year.

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#6

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

Lipscomb University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Lipscomb graduate students pay an average of $17,100 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Lipscomb also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #2.

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#7

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

With a ranking of #7, Tennessee State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Nashville.

Tennessee State University graduate students pay an average of $10,732 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Tennessee State University Report

DeVry University - Tennessee came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking. DeVry University - Tennessee is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DeVry University - Tennessee are $17,552 a year.

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Strayer University - Tennessee landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Strayer University - Tennessee is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Memphis.

Strayer University - Tennessee graduate students pay an average of $15,135 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
Kentucky 8,045
Georgia 19,137

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 9 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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