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Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
Today's business students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
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Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona
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Our rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in Arizona for business students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, ASU - Skysong is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
ASU - Skysong did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our list.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 44 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Arizona. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 37% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Arizona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in Arizona. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.
ASU - Tempe does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 42% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in Arizona. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 823 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at UOPX - Arizona, 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 99% took at least some of their classes online.
UOPX - Arizona also made our list, coming in at #3.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in Arizona. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NAU are $20,125 a year. By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $23,445 in student loans.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at NAU. In 2019-2020 about 54% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
NAU also made our list, coming in at #5.
With a ranking of #6, American InterContinental University - Online did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their graduate certificate. AIU Online is located in Schaumburg, Arizona and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at AIU Online are $12,904 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, AIU Online is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
References
- 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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