2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, business administration and management was the most popular one in Virginia. In total, 11,308 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Virginia.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 28 schools in Virginia 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Management and Technology the best value school in Virginia for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Arlington.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Management and Technology are $7,110 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at James Madison University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in Virginia. JMU is a very large public school located in the city of Harrisonburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at JMU are $12,514 a year.
JMU also took the #5 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $20,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Virginia is ranked #1 for overall quality for business administration in Virginia.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
Virginia Tech graduate students pay an average of $16,522 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Virginia Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Wesleyan University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, VWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
VWU graduate students pay an average of $8,982 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Bluefield College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Bluefield, Bluefield College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Bluefield College graduate students pay an average of $9,234 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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William & Mary ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the small suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at William & Mary are $16,618 a year.
William & Mary did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Mary Washington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Fredericksburg, UMW is a public school with a small student population.
UMW graduate students pay an average of $11,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Liberty University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business administration and management programs. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.
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Radford 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. Radford is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Radford.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Radford are $12,535 per year.
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Request InformationBest Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 7,852 |
| North Carolina | 10,472 |
| Florida | 18,071 |
| Tennessee | 6,169 |
| Kentucky | 2,692 |
| South Carolina | 4,017 |
| Louisiana | 5,195 |
| Arkansas | 2,031 |
| Alabama | 7,031 |
| Mississippi | 2,589 |
| West Virginia | 4,631 |
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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.
Most Popular Majors Related 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.
- 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.