You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Master's Degree in business/managerial economics. It is ranked #236 out of 343 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business/Managerial Economics Master's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 56 master's degrees in business/managerial economics to qualified students.
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
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on business/managerial economics students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other business/managerial economics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt business/managerial economics students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business/managerial economics related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business/managerial economics students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Business/Managerial Economics Schools
The managerial economics 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/Managerial Economics Master's Degree Schools.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business/Managerial Economics in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business/managerial economics.
Top Schools for a Master's in Managerial Economics
It's hard to beat Suffolk University if you want to pursue a master's degree in business/managerial economics. Located in the city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
Business/Managerial Economics master's degree recipients from Suffolk University receive an earnings boost of about $67,690 above the average income of business/managerial economics majors.
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.
