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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

74 Colleges
$5,723 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,854 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 862,104 degrees and certificates were awarded to business, management and marketing students, making the major the most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 74 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the business, management and marketing associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 15% Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Southeast Community College Area to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southeast Community College are $3,780 a year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Southeast Community College Area Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Hutchinson Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Plains States Region . Hutchinson Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Hutchinson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Hutchinson Community College are $4,470 a year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Hutchinson Community College Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Anoka-Ramsey Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the suburb of Coon Rapids, Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $5,515 in tuition and fees each year.

Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $4,680 per year.

MCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. M State is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Fergus Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at M State are $5,862 a year.

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Dakota County Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the rural area of Rosemount, DCTC is a public college with a small student population.

DCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,208 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, MN

North Hennepin Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree business, management and marketing programs. North Hennepin Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Hennepin Community College are $4,882 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, North Hennepin Community College is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at North Hennepin Community College Report

#8

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

With a ranking of #8, Central Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Central Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Island.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Central Community College are $4,590 a year.

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#9

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, MN

Normandale Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Normandale Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Normandale Community College are $5,789 per year.

Normandale Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Normandale Community College Report

St Cloud Technical and 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. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at St Cloud Technical and Community College are $5,874 a year.

St Cloud Technical and Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at St Cloud Technical and Community College Report

Rochester Community and Technical College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, Rochester Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rochester Community and Technical College are $5,372 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Rochester Community and Technical College also is in the top 15% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Rochester Community and Technical College Report

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 Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Northeast Community College Norfolk, NE
13 Lake Area Technical Institute Watertown, SD
14 Mid-Plains Community College North Platte, NE

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 8,125
Minnesota 13,660
Iowa 8,473
South Dakota 1,444
Missouri 15,273
Nebraska 6,221
North Dakota 1,892

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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