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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in the United States with 120,568 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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 Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 60 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business, Management & Marketing program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 53% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 47% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

About 41% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 59% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 53% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Out of the 60 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Claremont Graduate University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 35% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#5

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Seattle University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 55% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 45% are male.

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Southern Oregon University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Ashland, Southern Oregon University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 64% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#7

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized 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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With a ranking of #8, Naval Postgraduate School did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 28% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#9

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

Fielding Graduate University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Fielding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Santa Barbara.

About 82% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 18% are male.

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

Women make up 34% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Business, Management & Marketing students in the Far Western US Region that almost earned our Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

Rank College Location
11 California State University - Northridge Northridge, CA
12 Brandman University Irvine, CA

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 82,945
Washington 11,476
Oregon 5,629
Hawaii 1,878
Nevada 3,318
Alaska 621

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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