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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$16,664 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,610 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree School for You

General Business/Commerce is the #16 most popular major in the country with 56,042 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for general business students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Nebraska Wesleyan University the best value school in the Plains States Region for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Lincoln, NWU 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 NWU are $7,580 a year.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Nebraska landed the # 2 spot on the list. Concordia University, Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Seward.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650 per year.

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#2

Columbia College

Columbia, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Columbia College Missouri is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia College Missouri are $8,442 a year.

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#4

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

The excellent master’s degree programs at Lindenwood University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Saint Charles, Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Lindenwood University graduate students pay an average of $9,784 in tuition and fees each year.

Full General Business/Commerce at Lindenwood University Report

#5

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

Out of the 10 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bellevue.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bellevue University are $11,730 per year.

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Maryville University of Saint Louis ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Maryville U are $15,696 a year.

Full General Business/Commerce at Maryville University of Saint Louis Report

The College of Saint Scholastica 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 #7 on the list. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Duluth.

St. Scholastica graduate students pay an average of $15,502 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Missouri - Columbia

University of Missouri - St Louis 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 #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMSL are $30,756 a year.

Full General Business/Commerce at University of Missouri - St Louis Report

University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general business/commerce programs. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Kansas City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMKC are $27,803 a year.

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Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State

Explore the best general business/commerce schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 3,178
Minnesota 468
Kansas 417
Iowa 271
Nebraska 361
North Dakota 24
South Dakota 99

One of 21 majors within the area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 10 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Consulate General Munich.

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