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$30,169 Avg Student Debt

It's not easy to decide which business program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the <nil> to help you in your search for the best school for you. 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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Top Business Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
$39,556 Average Tuition & Fees

Our rankings named Stevens Institute of Technology the best school in New Jersey for business students working on their graduate certificate.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Stevens. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 54% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey
$20,159 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rider University landed the # 2 spot on the list.

Rider 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 66% took at least some of their classes online.

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$24,546 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our list.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since NJIT does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 88% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey
$13,519 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s list.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Montclair State. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full Montclair State University Report

#5

Thomas Edison State University

Trenton, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Edison State University. It ranked #5 on our list.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out TESU. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#6

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey
$16,146 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Rowan University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.

Rowan does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 36% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#7

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, New Jersey
$29,290 Average Tuition & Fees

Monmouth 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 #7 on the list.

Monmouth does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 90% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 7 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%.

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