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

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$24,100 Avg Student Debt

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.

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 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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 41 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Phoenix - Arizona the most popular school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school 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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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a fairly 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 41 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the # 3 spot on the list. UH Downtown is a large public school located in the city of Houston.

About 62% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 38% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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#6

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

University of Dallas landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irving.

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

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With a ranking of #7, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus 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 Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 59% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Of the 43 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UT Arlington, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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#9

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona 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 #9 on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very 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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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. 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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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 27,341
Texas 52,072
New Mexico 2,360
Oklahoma 7,959

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 30 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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