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2023 Best Business & Commerce Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Basic Certificate School for You

There are so many business programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the Best Business & Commerce Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for business students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Business/Commerce Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best General Business/Commerce Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Business & Commerce

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best school in the Great Lakes Region for general business/commerce students working on their basic certificate. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, James A Rhodes State College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Lima, Rhodes State College is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Business & Commerce Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University Fort Wayne. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. PFW is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

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Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State

Explore the best general business/commerce colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,060
Ohio 563
Illinois 877
Indiana 5,636
Wisconsin 526

One of 21 majors within the business area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.

General Business Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce 56,779

Majors Similar to General Business

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 403,753
Accounting 93,982
Finance & Financial Management 54,690
Marketing 52,078
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 48,037

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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