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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

79 Colleges
$13,621 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,712 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's 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 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 Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 79 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 15% Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named West Texas A&M University the best value school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.

West Texas A&M University graduate students pay an average of $8,574 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Ottawa University - Surprise helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large suburb of Surprise, Ottawa University - Surprise is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ottawa University - Surprise are $11,893 per year.

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Out of the 79 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

UT Austin also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

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#5

MSU Texas

Wichita Falls, TX

Out of the 79 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, MSU Texas landed the # 5 spot on the list. MSU Texas is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Wichita Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Texas are $8,056 a year.

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Oklahoma Christian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. OC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Edmond.

OC graduate students pay an average of $11,250 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#8

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Grand Canyon University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

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#9

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. OCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OCU are $13,410 per year.

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Northeastern State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $10,911 per year.

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#11

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, OK

Oklahoma Wesleyan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. OKWU or OWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Bartlesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OKWU or OWU are $10,645 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Business, Management & Marketing students in the Southwest Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK
13 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
13 Southwestern Assemblies of God University Waxahachie, TX
15 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Odessa, TX

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 27,341
Texas 52,072
New Mexico 2,360
Oklahoma 7,959

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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