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Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
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 and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
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When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota
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Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for business students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Minnesota. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, the fairly large public school handed out 34 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Minnesota State Mankato, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 40% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Minnesota State Mankato did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Bethel University Minnesota does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Bethel University Minnesota not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #3 on our list. Metropolitan State University is a medium-sized public school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 20 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Metro State graduate students pay an average of $10,237 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Metro State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 85% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #4 on this year’s list. SMU MN is located in Winona, Minnesota and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 graduate certificates to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at SMU MN, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 86% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, SMU MN is ranked #5 for overall quality in Minnesota.
Out of the 14 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s value ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 5 students in 2020-2021.
St. Cloud State University graduate students pay an average of $13,412 in tuition and fees each year.
St. Cloud State University 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 43% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #6, University of Northwestern - St Paul did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their graduate certificate. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $8,982 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Northwestern. In 2019-2020 about 87% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #7 spot in the rankings for the best value graduate certificate business programs. This large public school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year. By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,400 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMN Twin Cities does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 65% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UMN Twin Cities also made our list, coming in at #1.
With a ranking of #8, Hamline University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Hamline does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 78% took at least some of their classes online.
Walden University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the ranking. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 179 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Walden University are $10,092 a year.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Walden University. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Augsburg University ranked #10 on this year’s list. Augsburg is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Augsburg are $13,500 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Augsburg does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 4% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #11, The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Duluth, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
St. Scholastica graduate students pay an average of $15,502 in tuition and fees each year.
St. Scholastica does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 50% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
St Catherine University ranked #12 on this year’s list. St. Kate’s is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
St. Kate’s graduate students pay an average of $17,760 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at St. Kate’s. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 87% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of St Thomas Minnesota came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the ranking. University of St Thomas Minnesota is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 110 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
UST MN graduate students pay an average of $23,736 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UST MN. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
UST MN also made our list, coming in at #2.
With a ranking of #14, Capella University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their graduate certificate. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 135 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Capella University. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 14 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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