2021 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree School for You
Business, Management & Marketing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2018-2019, 843,779 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 761 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2021 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 Pennsylvania to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. 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 Notre Dame. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the United States. Georgetown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Carnegie Mellon University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the United States. Located in the 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 #6, Boston College did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Wake Forest University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.
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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 #8 on the list. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
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With a ranking of #9, Bentley University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Bentley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.
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Bucknell University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the 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 came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #12 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Wisconsin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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University of Southern California came in at #13 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 very large student population.
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University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked #14 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
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Illinois Wesleyan 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. Located in the city of Bloomington, Illinois Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the #16 spot in the 2021 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a large public school located in the large city of Greenwood Village.
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With a ranking of #17, New York University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their bachelor’s degree. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
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With a ranking of #18, Cleary University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Cleary College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Howell.
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Virginia Tech 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 #19 on the list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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The University of Texas at Austin landed the #19 spot in the 2021 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.
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Santa Clara 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 #21 on the list. Located in the city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
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Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the #22 spot in the 2021 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.
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University of Richmond came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of University of Richmond, U of Richmond is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst 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. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.
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With a ranking of #25, Drake University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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Additional Award Winners
This list represents the remainder of the schools 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 761 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
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Rankings in Majors Related to Business, Management & Marketing
Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Business Administration & Management | 410,147 |
Accounting | 105,123 |
General Business/Commerce | 58,451 |
Finance & Financial Management | 56,186 |
Marketing | 51,241 |
Human Resource Management | 26,823 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 23,738 |
Business Support & Assistant Services | 19,483 |
Hospitality Management | 19,042 |
Management Information Systems | 14,747 |
Entrepreneurial Studies | 10,427 |
International Business | 10,181 |
Business/Managerial Economics | 6,345 |
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 5,873 |
Other Business, Management & Marketing | 5,834 |
General Sales & Marketing | 5,734 |
Real Estate | 5,700 |
Construction Management | 3,664 |
Insurance | 2,218 |
Taxation | 1,783 |
Business/Corporate Communications | 968 |
Telecommunications Management | 71 |
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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