2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
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 Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 38 schools in the Plains States 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.
2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for business, management and marketing majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
About 50% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 50% are male.
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Out of the 38 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Of the 135 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Capella University, 18% are male and 82% are female.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.
About 39% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 61% are male.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 36% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 64% are male.
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University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 26% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 74% are male.
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Park University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.
Women make up 65% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #8, Kansas State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.
Of the 35 students majoring in business, management and marketing at K -State, 71% are male and 29% are female.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology 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 #9 on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.
Women make up 32% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.
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Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
Of the 34 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Minnesota State Mankato, 56% are male and 44% are female.
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Explore the most popular online business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 8,125 |
| Minnesota | 13,660 |
| Iowa | 8,473 |
| South Dakota | 1,444 |
| Missouri | 15,273 |
| Nebraska | 6,221 |
| North Dakota | 1,892 |
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Business, Management & Marketing Related Majors
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| 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.