2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 416,590 business administration and management students received their degrees and certificates, 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 1,006 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 25 Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Business Administration & Management
Our 2023 rankings named La Salle University the best value school in the United States for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
La Salle graduate students pay an average of $1,455 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Nichols College is a great value for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Dudley, Nichols is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Nichols are $1,075 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Cabrini University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Cabrini University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Radnor.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cabrini University are $2,318 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Jamestown helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in the United States. Located in the town of Jamestown, UJ is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UJ are $4,106 a year.
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Out of the 1,006 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Management and Technology landed the # 5 spot on the list. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Arlington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Management and Technology are $7,110 per year.
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Columbia Southern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, Brigham Young University - Provo did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, BYU also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #8, University of the Cumberlands did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Williamsburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cumberlands are $4,582 a year.
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Charleston Southern University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, CSU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
CSU graduate students pay an average of $5,085 in tuition and fees each year.
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Ashland University 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 #10 on the list. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Ashland.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ashland are $6,972 per year.
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Western Governors University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business administration and management programs. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
WGU graduate students pay an average of $7,790 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, WGU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools list.
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Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Mercedita.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce are $3,312 a year.
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Park University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Park University are $6,435 per year.
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With a ranking of #14, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Embry-Riddle Worldwide are $8,936 per year.
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Drake University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drake are $11,988 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Drake is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools list.
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University of Sioux Falls came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Sioux Falls, University of Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Sioux Falls are $7,110 per year.
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California State University Maritime Academy landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business administration and management programs. Located in the city of Vallejo, Cal Maritime is a public school with a small student population.
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Grantham University ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Grantham University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Lenexa.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Grantham University are $4,800 a year.
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Waldorf University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Waldorf is a small private for-profit school located in the remote town of Forest City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Waldorf are $4,835 per year.
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Gordon College 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 #20 on the list. Located in the suburb of Wenham, Gordon College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gordon College are $6,400 per year.
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Bryan College - Dayton came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the distant town of Dayton, William Jennings Bryan College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at William Jennings Bryan College are $9,760 per year.
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University of Scranton landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business administration and management programs. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Scranton are $11,630 a year.
University of Scranton also claimed a spot on our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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American Public University System ranked #22 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 a year.
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West Texas A&M University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.
West Texas A&M University graduate students pay an average of $8,574 in tuition and fees each year.
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Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business administration and management programs. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools list.
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Additional Award Winners
This section represents the remainder of the colleges awarded a Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 1006 different United States business administration and management schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great value schools for Business Administration & Management students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools award.
Business Administration & Management by Region
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Majors Related to Business Administration
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 |
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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.
- 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.