2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 44 schools in the Southwest 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Rio Salado College the best value school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, Rio Salado College is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rio Salado College are $7,854 a year.
Rio Salado College also claimed a spot on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend El Centro College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Centro College are $6,000 a year.
El Centro College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Out of the 44 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Amarillo College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Amarillo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Amarillo College are $4,704 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mesa Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Mesa, Mesa Community College is a public college with a large student population.
Mesa Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,854 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mesa Community College is ranked #4 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in the Southwest Region .
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Lone Star College System did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. North Harris Montgomery is a very large public school located in the midsize city of The Woodlands.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Harris Montgomery are $6,168 per year.
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Laredo College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Laredo College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Laredo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Laredo College are $5,748 per year.
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South Plains College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
South Plains College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,276 in tuition and fees each year.
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Phoenix College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Phoenix.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Phoenix College are $7,854 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Phoenix College also is in the top 20% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Austin Community College District came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year.
Request InformationBest Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State
Explore the best business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 27,341 |
| Texas | 52,072 |
| New Mexico | 2,360 |
| Oklahoma | 7,959 |
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Majors Related to Business, Management & Marketing
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.
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