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2023 Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio

8 Schools Ranked
$22,523 Avg Student Debt

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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Business Degree Central has created its Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Ohio to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

19 Total Awards

Our analysis found Kent State University at Kent to be the most popular school for business students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Ohio. This large public school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 19 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 74% were women.

Around 57% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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24 Total Awards
$28,259 Avg Student Debt

Out of the 8 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, the fairly large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

Graduate Certificate recipients from Wright State University - Main Campus accumulate an average of $28,259 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 58% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 73% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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5 Total Awards

Out of the 8 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Baldwin Wallace University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Berea, Ohio, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 40% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full Baldwin Wallace University Report

7 Total Awards
$9,720 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 7 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 57% were women.

Around 70% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

Cedarville University

Cedarville, Ohio
1 Total Awards

Out of the 8 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Cedarville University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Cedarville is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cedarville, Ohio. It awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 52% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full Cedarville University Report

#6

Union Institute & University

Cincinnati, Ohio
$16,211 Average Tuition & Fees

Union Institute & University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business programs.

Union is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full Union Institute & University Report

#6

Antioch University - Midwest

Yellow Springs, Ohio
$18,672 Average Tuition & Fees

Antioch University - Midwest did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.

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#6

Xavier University

Cincinnati, Ohio
$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

Xavier University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.

Around 46% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 8 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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