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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

64 Colleges
$6,842 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,471 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 862,104 degrees and certificates were awarded to business, management and marketing students, making the major the most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 64 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which undergraduate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Madison Area Technical College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for business, management and marketing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Madison College are $6,769 per year.

Madison College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northcentral Technical College is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their undergraduate certificate. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Wausau.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Central Technical College are $5,415 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, North Central Technical College is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NWTC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Green Bay.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NWTC are $6,849 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NWTC also is in the top 15% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. FVTC is a large public school located in the suburb of Appleton.

FVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,861 in tuition and fees each year.

FVTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lakeshore Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Cleveland, LTC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LTC are $6,056 a year.

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Gateway Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Gateway Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Kenosha.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway Technical College are $6,803 per year.

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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Tech are $6,683 per year.

Southwest Tech also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.

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#8

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

With a ranking of #8, Western Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Technical College are $6,687 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Western Technical College also is in the top 15% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Chippewa Valley Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CVTC are $6,683 per year.

CVTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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With a ranking of #10, Waukesha County Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

WCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,603 in tuition and fees each year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Business, Management & Marketing students in the Great Lakes Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Moraine Park Technical College Fond du Lac, WI
12 Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 18,882
Michigan 20,858
Ohio 25,288
Illinois 29,314
Wisconsin 13,275

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 25 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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