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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 416,590 business administration and management students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 89 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for business administration majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 15% Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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#2

Rice University

Houston, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Rice University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the Southwest Region . Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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#3

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Southern Methodist University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the Southwest Region . SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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#6

Baylor University

Waco, TX

With a ranking of #6, Baylor University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Waco.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree business administration and management programs. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#9

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree business administration and management programs. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Arizona State University - Skysong came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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With a ranking of #13, University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Houston.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Business Administration & Management students in the Southwest Region that almost earned our Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
14 University of Dallas Irving, TX
15 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Stillwater, OK
16 Abilene Christian University Abilene, TX
17 West Texas A&M University Canyon, TX

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration and management schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 20,739
Arizona 17,450
Oklahoma 3,461
New Mexico 1,649

One of 21 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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