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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$13,969 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

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

Business, Management & Marketing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Minnesota. With 13,660 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in Minnesota 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in Minnesota for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

#2

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Bethel University Minnesota is ranked #3 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in Minnesota.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Minnesota. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Metropolitan State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Minnesota. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Metro State graduate students pay an average of $10,237 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Cloud State University are $9,192 a year.

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University of Northwestern - St Paul landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $8,982 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

With a ranking of #7, Hamline University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Hamline are $10,402 a year.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMN Twin Cities are $19,494 a year.

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#10

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, MN

Augsburg University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Augsburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Augsburg are $13,500 per year.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 8,125
Iowa 8,473
South Dakota 1,444
Missouri 15,273
Nebraska 6,221
North Dakota 1,892

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 14 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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