2023 Best Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general business/commerce was ranked #16 in the country. In fact 56,042 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the general business master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school in the Great Lakes Region for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general business/commerce students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
With a ranking of #7, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best schools for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
With a ranking of #8, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater did quite well on this year’s best schools for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public college with a large student population.
Full General Business/Commerce at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Report
Grand Valley State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. GVSU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.
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Ball State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.
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Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State
Explore the best general business/commerce colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 1,060 |
Ohio | 581 |
Illinois | 877 |
Indiana | 5,774 |
Wisconsin | 529 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to General Business
General Business/Commerce is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to General Business
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Business Administration & Management | 416,590 |
Accounting | 99,265 |
Finance & Financial Management | 57,778 |
Marketing | 52,916 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 43,382 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 18 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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