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

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Finding the Best 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 94 schools in the Great Lakes 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.

Check out the 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 a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

Full Business, Management & Marketing at DeVry University - Illinois Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly 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

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 57% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

Women make up 39% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 37% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#6

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 57% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#7

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

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

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

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#8

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

Valparaiso University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the suburb of Valparaiso, Valpo is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 40% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 60% are male.

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Illinois State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 63 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Illinois State, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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#10

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

Davenport University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit school 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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Loyola University Chicago came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Of the 58 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Loyola Chicago, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

About 34% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 66% are male.

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Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Wright Graduate University is a 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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Indiana Institute of Technology 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 #13 on the list. Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large 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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Honorable Mentions

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

Rank College Location
15 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
16 Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN
17 Ball State University Muncie, IN
18 University of St Francis Joliet, IL
18 Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools 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

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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