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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee

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

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

In 2020-2021, business, management and marketing students earned 10,909 degrees and certificates from a Tennessee school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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.

The Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in Tennessee to see which associate 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 Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee

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 analysis found Strayer University - Tennessee to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a associate degree in Tennessee. Strayer University - Tennessee is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Memphis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trevecca Nazarene University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Nashville, TNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Bryan College - Dayton is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Located in the distant town of Dayton, William Jennings Bryan College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

Cumberland University

Lebanon, TN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Cumberland University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. CU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Lebanon.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland State Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Cleveland State Community College is a small public school located in the city of Cleveland.

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Volunteer State Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree business, management and marketing programs. VSCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Gallatin.

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With a ranking of #7, Roane State Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Roane State Community College is a small public school located in the town of Harriman.

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Christian Brothers University 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. Christian Brothers is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Memphis.

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Pellissippi State Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. Located in the large suburb of Knoxville, Pellissippi State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Chattanooga State 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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of Chattanooga, Chattanooga State 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
North Carolina 19,372
West Virginia 7,145
Florida 38,945
Virginia 20,162
Arkansas 5,320
Mississippi 6,031
South Carolina 10,000
Louisiana 10,068
Alabama 13,789
Kentucky 8,045
Georgia 19,137

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 22 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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