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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

20 Colleges
$29,854 Avg Salary
$20,960 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in North Carolina with 19,372 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best associate 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, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Strayer University - North Carolina the best school in North Carolina for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Morrisville, Strayer University - North Carolina is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wake Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Piedmont Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public college with a large student population.

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#4

Wayne Community College

Goldsboro, NC

Out of the 20 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Wayne Community College is a small public school located in the city of Goldsboro.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Forsyth Technical Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, Forsyth Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Surry Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Surry Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Dobson.

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With a ranking of #7, Southwestern Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Located in the distant town of Sylva, Southwestern Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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#8

Gaston College

Dallas, NC

Gaston College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Dallas, Gaston College is a public college with a small student population.

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Vance-Granville Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the distant town of Henderson, Vance-Granville Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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#10

Pitt Community College

Winterville, NC

With a ranking of #10, Pitt Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Winterville, Pitt Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 7,145
South Carolina 10,000
Florida 38,945
Virginia 20,162
Arkansas 5,320
Mississippi 6,031
Louisiana 10,068
Alabama 13,789
Kentucky 8,045
Georgia 19,137
Tennessee 10,909

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382
Human Resource Management 28,787
Business Support & Assistant Services 19,119
Hospitality Management 17,689
Management Information Systems 13,680
Entrepreneurial Studies 11,319
International Business 9,101
Real Estate 6,547
General Sales & Marketing 5,923
Business/Managerial Economics 5,667
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 5,191
Other Business, Management & Marketing 4,822
Construction Management 3,846
Insurance 1,809
Taxation 1,547
Business/Corporate Communications 1,029
Telecommunications Management 55

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

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