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2023 Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

7 Schools Ranked
$22,455 Avg Student Debt

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which business program is right 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 New York ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in New York to see which ones had the most popular online graduate certificate programs 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:

#1

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York
72 Total Awards
$11,870 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named SUNY Empire State College the most popular school in New York for business students working on their graduate certificate. SUNY Empire is a medium-sized public school situated in Saratoga Springs, New York. It awarded 72 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full SUNY Empire State College Report

#2

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York
30 Total Awards
$52,408 Average Tuition & Fees
$20,525 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 30 students in 2020-2021.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $20,525 in student loans. Around 57% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 72% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

The Graduate Center, CUNY

New York, New York
70 Total Awards
$10,410 Average Tuition & Fees
$17,710 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in New York. Located in New York, New York, the medium-sized public school awarded 70 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $17,710 in student loans. Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 100% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full The Graduate Center, CUNY Report

#4

DeVry College of New York

New York, New York
3 Total Awards
$17,552 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at DeVry College of New York helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in New York. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Around 33% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

Iona College

New Rochelle, New York
15 Total Awards
$23,242 Average Tuition & Fees
$19,271 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Iona College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in New York. Iona College is a small private not-for-profit school located in New Rochelle, New York that handed out 15 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,271 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 53% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 34% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#6

Molloy College

Rockville Centre, New York
2 Total Awards
$23,800 Average Tuition & Fees

Molloy College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. Molloy is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rockville Centre, New York. It awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 97% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#7

College of Staten Island CUNY

Staten Island, New York
1 Total Awards
$11,650 Average Tuition & Fees

College of Staten Island CUNY 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 #7 on the list. Staten Island, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 1 students in 2020-2021.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 7 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%.

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