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2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

39 Colleges
$61,403 Avg Salary
$24,100 Avg Student Debt

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online business, management and marketing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the most popular school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 65% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#2

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 73% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#3

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Davenport University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Out of the 39 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Institute of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

Of the 38 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Indiana Tech, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Out of the 39 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential landed the # 4 spot on the list. Wright Graduate University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Elkhorn.

About 79% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 21% are male.

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#6

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Muncie.

About 37% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 63% are male.

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University of St Francis ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 25 students majoring in business, management and marketing at University of Saint Francis, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Western Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

Women make up 42% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#9

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 48% are male.

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#10

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 65% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 35% are male.

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Explore the most popular online 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

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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 26 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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