2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Business Administration & Management is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for business administration & management students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 2,539 master's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of business administration & management for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on business administration & management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business administration & management students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business administration & management to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business administration & management students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Business Administration & Management Schools

The business administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Maryland.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business Administration & Management in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management.

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

327 Annual Graduates

$125,159 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at University of Maryland - College Park get $37,799 above the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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2

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

167 Annual Graduates

$102,016 Median Starting Salary

Loyola University Maryland is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Loyola Maryland is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management major at Loyola University Maryland get $14,656 above the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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3

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

1,503 Annual Graduates

$85,444 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Maryland Global Campus if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. UMGC is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

After graduating, business administration master's recipients usually earn an average of $85,444 in their early careers.

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4

University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

96 Annual Graduates

$87,365 Median Starting Salary

University of Baltimore is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. UB is a small public university located in the city of Baltimore.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program report average early career wages of $87,365.

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5

Mount St Mary's University
Emmitsburg, MD

63 Annual Graduates

$74,010 Median Starting Salary

The Mount is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Emmitsburg.

Soon after graduating, business administration master's recipients generally earn an average of $74,010 at the beginning of their careers.

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6

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

35 Annual Graduates

$67,107 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

After graduation, business administration master's recipients usually earn an average of $67,107 in the first five years of their career.

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7

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

57 Annual Graduates

$83,407 Median Starting Salary

Frostburg State is a small public university located in the remote town of Frostburg.

Soon after graduation, business administration master's recipients generally earn an average of $83,407 in their early careers.

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8

Hood College
Frederick, MD

21 Annual Graduates

$81,915 Median Starting Salary

Hood is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Frederick.

Master's students who receive their degree from the business administration program make around $81,915 for their early career.

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9

Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD

62 Annual Graduates

$76,731 Median Starting Salary

Morgan State is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Baltimore.

After graduation, business administration master's recipients usually earn about $76,731 in the first five years of their career.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	6,051
Pennsylvania	248	4,212
New Jersey	188	2,407
District of Columbia	154	2,001
Delaware	109	782

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Administration

Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Business Administration Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	2,349
Organizational Leadership	73
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	56
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	24
Operations Management	19
Research and Development Management	14
Interior Design Management	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	1,561
Accounting	227
General Business/Commerce	203
Finance & Financial Management	128
Human Resource Management	60
Real Estate	26
Marketing	15
Other Business, Management & Marketing	7
Taxation	4
Hospitality Management	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.