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

38 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'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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for business, management and marketing majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

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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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly 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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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized 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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#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very 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 came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. 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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#7

Park University

Parkville, MO

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 medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

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

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#8

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. K -State is a fairly 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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With a ranking of #9, Missouri University of Science and Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. 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 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. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly 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 schools 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 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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