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

64 Colleges
$61,403 Avg Salary
$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'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.

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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 64 schools in the Plains States 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.

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 Plains States Region .

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular 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 college 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. 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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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

Of the 142 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Missouri State, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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#5

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Of the 137 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Webster, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella 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 #6 on the list. 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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University of St Thomas Minnesota ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized 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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#8

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. 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 #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large 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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Iowa State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

About 51% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 49% are male.

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Honorable Mentions

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

Rank College Location
11 University of Missouri - St Louis Saint Louis, MO
12 Park University Parkville, MO

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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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