2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree School for You
Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in the United States with 862,104 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 1,184 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Top 25 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Business, Management & Marketing
Our analysis found University of Notre Dame to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Cornell University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the United States. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the United States. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.
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Carnegie Mellon University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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With a ranking of #7, Emory University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
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Bucknell University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the distant town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Washington University in St Louis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Lehigh University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
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Wake Forest University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.
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Georgetown University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
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Washington and Lee University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list. Located in the town of Lexington, Washington and Lee is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.
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Villanova University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #15 on the list. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
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Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.
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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #18 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.
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Santa Clara University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
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University of Southern California came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Virginia Tech came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.
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Boston College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #24 on the list. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Texas Christian University ranked #25 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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Additional Award Winners
This section represents the remainder of the colleges awarded a Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 1184 different United States business, management and marketing schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools award.
Business, Management & Marketing by Region
View the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.
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Rankings in Majors Related to Business, Management & Marketing
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 25 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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