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2024 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools

1,261 Colleges in the United States
416,988 Bachelor's Degrees
$44,631 Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #1 in popularity, business, management & marketing is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 1,261 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 416,988 bachelor's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools Your choice of business, management & marketing for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality business, management & marketing program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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 schools for business, management & marketing students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in the United States

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for business, management & marketing students seeking a a bachelor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

25 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Business, Management & Marketing

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
866 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing has to take a look at University of Pennsylvania. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Pennsylvania

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
31 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,264 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Southern California

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
412 Annual Graduates

Washington University in St Louis is a great choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Washington University in St Louis

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
480 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Cornell University

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
587 Annual Graduates

Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Notre Dame

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
349 Annual Graduates

Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Virginia - Main Campus

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Brown University
Providence, RI
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
55 Annual Graduates

Brown is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Brown University

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Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
542 Annual Graduates

Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Georgetown University

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New York University
New York, NY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
876 Annual Graduates

NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from New York University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
143 Annual Graduates

Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Carnegie Mellon University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2,076 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Indiana University - Bloomington

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
658 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,202 Annual Graduates

UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,628 Annual Graduates

UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
367 Annual Graduates

Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Emory University

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,004 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Northeastern University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
392 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of California - Berkeley

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Bentley University
Waltham, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
933 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Waltham, Bentley is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Bentley University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2,057 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the city of College Station.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Texas A&M University - College Station

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
644 Annual Graduates

UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Davis.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of California - Davis

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Boston University
Boston, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
723 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Boston University

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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
828 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Boston College

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,065 Annual Graduates

UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
439 Annual Graduates

Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Lehigh University

Rest of the Top 50 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools

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Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
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Villanova University
Villanova, PA
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Rice University
Houston, TX

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

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University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
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Babson College
Wellesley, MA
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Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

Additional Award Winners

This list shows the rest of the colleges awarded a Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 1261 different United States business, management & marketing schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
49 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA
50 Iowa State University Ames, IA
51 Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA
52 Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY
53 University of Delaware Newark, DE
54 Creighton University Omaha, NE
55 University of Phoenix - Arizona Phoenix, AZ
56 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
57 Miami University - Oxford Oxford, OH
58 Fordham University Bronx, NY
59 University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
60 Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA
61 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
62 University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
63 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
64 William & Mary Williamsburg, VA
65 University of St Thomas Minnesota Saint Paul, MN
66 Baylor University Waco, TX
67 University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Norman, OK
68 Providence College Providence, RI
69 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA
70 University of South Carolina - Columbia Columbia, SC
71 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT
72 Arizona State University - Tempe Tempe, AZ
73 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
74 Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA
75 University of California - Irvine Irvine, CA
76 Brandeis University Waltham, MA
77 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
78 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
79 Golden Gate University - San Francisco San Francisco, CA
80 University of San Diego San Diego, CA
81 Seattle University Seattle, WA
82 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
83 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
84 Clemson University Clemson, SC
85 DePaul University Chicago, IL
86 Bryant University Smithfield, RI
87 Saint Mary’s College of California Moraga, CA
88 University of Nevada - Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
89 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
90 Brigham Young University - Provo Provo, UT
91 University of Rochester Rochester, NY
92 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
93 Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH
94 Auburn University Auburn, AL
95 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
96 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN
97 Bellevue University Bellevue, NE
98 University of Dayton Dayton, OH
99 Miami University - Hamilton Hamilton, OH
100 University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA
101 Marquette University Milwaukee, WI
102 University of Nebraska - Lincoln Lincoln, NE
103 University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
104 University of California - Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA
105 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
106 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO
107 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
108 Drake University Des Moines, IA
109 Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
110 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
111 American Public University System Charles Town, WV
112 Chapman University Orange, CA
113 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD
114 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
115 Butler University Indianapolis, IN
116 Dickinson College Carlisle, PA
117 University of Denver Denver, CO
118 Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL
119 The University of Arizona Global Campus San Diego, CA
120 George Mason University Fairfax, VA
121 City University of Seattle Seattle, WA
122 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Cincinnati, OH
123 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Daytona Beach, FL
124 Temple University Philadelphia, PA
125 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
126 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
127 Park University Parkville, MO
128 University of California - Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
129 University of Oregon Eugene, OR
130 Pepperdine University Malibu, CA
131 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Stillwater, OK
132 Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park, NY
133 Florida International University Miami, FL
134 Colorado State University - Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO
135 Washington State University Pullman, WA
136 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA
137 University of Houston Houston, TX
138 American University Washington, DC
139 University of South Florida - Main Campus Tampa, FL
140 San Diego State University San Diego, CA
141 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA
142 The Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY
143 University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Durham, NH
144 University of Missouri - St Louis Saint Louis, MO
145 University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA
146 Capella University Minneapolis, MN
147 Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT
148 University of Scranton Scranton, PA
149 Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN
150 San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA
151 Suffolk University Boston, MA
152 Colorado State University - Global Campus Aurora, CO
153 Arizona State University - Skysong Scottsdale, AZ
154 Baruch College New York, NY
155 FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
156 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
157 California State University - Long Beach Long Beach, CA
158 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX
159 Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO
160 Fort Hays State University Hays, KS
161 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
162 University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Whitewater, WI
163 Elon University Elon, NC
164 Wayne State University Detroit, MI
165 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS
166 University of Toledo Toledo, OH
167 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
168 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI
169 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
170 Rutgers University - Newark Newark, NJ
171 Ohio University - Athens Campus Athens, OH
172 University of North Texas Denton, TX
173 California State University - East Bay Hayward, CA
174 The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ
175 California State University - Fullerton Fullerton, CA
176 Bradley University Peoria, IL
177 University of Portland Portland, OR
178 Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Marion, IN
179 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
180 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR
181 University of Redlands Redlands, CA
182 Trinity University San Antonio, TX
183 Brandman University Irvine, CA
184 Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
185 Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI
186 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
187 University of Massachusetts - Lowell Lowell, MA
188 Xavier University Cincinnati, OH
189 Illinois State University Normal, IL

Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
190 University of California - Riverside Riverside, CA
191 Wheaton College Illinois Wheaton, IL
192 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL
193 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY
194 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Fargo, ND
195 University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
196 John Carroll University University Heights, OH
197 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
198 California State University - Northridge Northridge, CA
199 National University San Diego, CA
200 California State University - Sacramento Sacramento, CA
201 Utah Valley University Orem, UT
202 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA
203 Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL
204 Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI
205 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Pomona, CA
206 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS
207 Towson University Towson, MD
208 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA
209 Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH
210 California State University - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
211 Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ
212 University of Wisconsin - Stout Menomonie, WI
213 Miami Dade College Miami, FL
214 University of Minnesota - Duluth Duluth, MN
215 Valencia College Orlando, FL
216 Wofford College Spartanburg, SC
217 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO
218 Liberty University Lynchburg, VA
219 Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA
220 California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA
221 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL
222 Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL
223 Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA
224 Montclair State University Montclair, NJ
225 University of Charleston Charleston, WV
226 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX
227 University of Mississippi University, MS
228 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
229 Portland State University Portland, OR
230 American InterContinental University - Online Chandler, AZ
231 University of Nevada - Reno Reno, NV
232 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
233 University of La Verne La Verne, CA
234 George Fox University Newberg, OR
235 Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY
235 Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO
236 Ball State University Muncie, IN
237 Truman State University Kirksville, MO
238 Webster University Saint Louis, MO
239 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND
240 University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
241 University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC
242 Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL
243 University of Wisconsin - La Crosse La Crosse, WI
244 Northwood University Midland, MI
245 Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO
246 Bethel University Minnesota Saint Paul, MN
247 Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH
248 Southwestern College Winfield, KS
249 University of Mary Bismarck, ND
250 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI
250 Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
252 Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 174,534
Accounting 51,042
Finance & Financial Management 48,215
Marketing 45,122
General Business/Commerce 24,850
Human Resource Management 11,722
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 10,408
Hospitality Management 10,396
Management Information Systems 9,324
International Business 6,418

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