2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree School for You
Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in Virginia with 20,162 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 31 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found University of Management and Technology to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Virginia. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Arlington.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Management and Technology are $7,110 per year.
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Out of the 31 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the # 2 spot on the list. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisonburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at JMU are $12,514 a year.
JMU also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #5.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Christopher Newport University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Newport News, CNU is a public school with a small student population.
CNU graduate students pay an average of $12,006 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, CNU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.
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Out of the 31 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $20,906 per year.
University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.
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Out of the 31 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
Virginia Tech graduate students pay an average of $16,522 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Virginia Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.
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Virginia Wesleyan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, VWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at VWU are $8,982 per year.
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Bluefield College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the distant town of Bluefield, Bluefield College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bluefield College are $9,234 per year.
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William & Mary landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the small suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at William & Mary are $16,618 per year.
William & Mary not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.
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University of Mary Washington came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Fredericksburg, UMW is a public college with a small student population.
UMW graduate students pay an average of $11,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #10, Liberty University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 19,372 |
| West Virginia | 7,145 |
| Mississippi | 6,031 |
| South Carolina | 10,000 |
| Florida | 38,945 |
| Arkansas | 5,320 |
| Alabama | 13,789 |
| Kentucky | 8,045 |
| Georgia | 19,137 |
| Tennessee | 10,909 |
| Louisiana | 10,068 |
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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 26 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.
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