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

21 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.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 77% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 23% are male.

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Out of the 21 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 52% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Women make up 38% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Out of the 21 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

About 68% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 32% are male.

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Out of the 21 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Texas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Austin, Strayer University - Texas is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 21 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Strayer University - Texas, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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#6

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

With a ranking of #6, Grand Canyon University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 47% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #7, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 39 students majoring in business, management and marketing at University of Arizona, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Arizona State University - Skysong 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. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

Of the 10 students majoring in business, management and marketing at ASU - Skysong, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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American InterContinental University - Online came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 22% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 83% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online 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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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 21 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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