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Top Business Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our rankings named University of Virginia - Main Campus the best school in the United States for business students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since University of Virginia does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 75% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our list.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $17,440 in student loans.
Duke does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 2% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our list.
One thing to take note of is that UPenn does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Carnegie Mellon University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business schools in the United States.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Carnegie Mellon. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 6% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Northwestern University landed the #6 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,679 in student loans.
Northwestern does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 2% took at least some of their classes online.
Colorado School of Mines landed the #7 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
Mines does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 21% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #8, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $20,014 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online graduate courses are available at U-M, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 74% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #9, Santa Clara University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
Graduate Certificate recipients from SCU accumulate an average of $18,093 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that SCU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 10% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Virginia Tech came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the ranking.
One thing to take note of is that Virginia Tech does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 63% took at least some of their classes online.
Michigan State University ranked #11 on this year’s list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Michigan State. In fact, around 65% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the ranking.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $19,400 in loans while pursuing their degree.
UMN Twin Cities does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 65% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Lehigh University landed the #13 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
Lehigh does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 24% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Stevens Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #14 on the list.
Stevens does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 54% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education landed the #15 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
Linfield OCE is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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With a ranking of #16, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UW - Madison does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 75% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Johns Hopkins University landed the #17 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,227 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Johns Hopkins does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 85% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Villanova University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #18 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Villanova does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 89% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #19 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at IU Bloomington. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #20, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Texas A&M College Station. In 2019-2020 about 23% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #21 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
Mizzou does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 67% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #22 on the list.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $23,815 in student loans.
Online graduate courses are available at UNL, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 48% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #23, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
Online graduate courses are available at USC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 82% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Scranton ranked #24 on this year’s list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since University of Scranton does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 93% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of St Thomas Minnesota ranked #25 on this year’s list.
One thing to take note of is that UST MN does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Rest of the Top 50 Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
Rest of the Top 15% Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
To learn more about the schools below, just click on their names:
| Rank | School | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Bentley University | Waltham, MA |
| 52 | Cedarville University | Cedarville, OH |
| 53 | Saint Joseph’s University | Philadelphia, PA |
| 54 | Ohio State University - Main Campus | Columbus, OH |
| 55 | Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI |
| 56 | Minnesota State University - Mankato | Mankato, MN |
| 57 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA |
| 58 | University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND |
| 59 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL |
| 60 | Elmhurst University | Elmhurst, IL |
Honorable Mentions
These schools also performed well in our best business schools ranking:
| Rank | School | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | Colorado State University - Fort Collins | Fort Collins, CO |
| 62 | University of South Carolina - Columbia | Columbia, SC |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA |
| 64 | Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA |
| 65 | Furman University | Greenville, SC |
| 66 | Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA |
| 67 | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ |
| 68 | Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY |
| 69 | University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 70 | New York University | New York, NY |
| 71 | Messiah University | Mechanicsburg, PA |
| 72 | Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, IN |
| 73 | Baker University | Baldwin City, KS |
| 74 | Robert Morris University | Moon Township, PA |
| 75 | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago, IL |
| 76 | Simpson College | Indianola, IA |
| 77 | Golden Gate University - San Francisco | San Francisco, CA |
| 78 | Arizona State University - Skysong | Scottsdale, AZ |
| 79 | Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX |
| 80 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina | Charleston, SC |
Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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