by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 877 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 213,098 master's degrees in business, management & marketing during the <nil> academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The business, management & marketing master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business, management & marketing program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
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.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business, management & marketing students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is difficult to beat University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Pennsylvania
Northwestern University is a great choice for students pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Northwestern University
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in business, management & marketing needs to take a look at Washington University in St Louis. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Washington University in St Louis
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Boston College
Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Georgetown University
Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Cornell University
UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Carnegie Mellon University
Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Southern California
Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from George Washington University
Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Indiana University - Bloomington
Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Boston University
UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from New York University
Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Emory University
University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Virginia - Main Campus
Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Villanova.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Villanova University
UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of California - Los Angeles
UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Paul.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of St Thomas Minnesota
Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of California - Berkeley
Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Ohio State University - Main Campus
Babson College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Wellesley.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Babson College
UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from The University of Texas at Austin
Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Purdue University - Main Campus
This section shows the rest of the colleges awarded a Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 20% of the 877 different United States business, management & marketing schools we analyzed.
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| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 120,872 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 41,157 |
| Accounting | 15,888 |
| General Business/Commerce | 9,096 |
| Human Resource Management | 8,301 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 4,173 |
| Marketing | 3,067 |
| Management Information Systems | 2,063 |
| International Business | 1,479 |
| Hospitality Management | 1,226 |