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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

18 Colleges
$12,716 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,712 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Minnesota. With 13,660 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in Minnesota 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - Minnesota the best value school in Minnesota for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a small private for-profit school located in the city of St. Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rasmussen University - Minnesota are $5,615 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the distant town of Winona, Winona State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Winona State graduate students pay an average of $8,756 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Winona State is ranked #4 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in Minnesota.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northwestern - St Paul. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $8,982 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.

SMU MN graduate students pay an average of $10,890 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Bethel University Minnesota 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 #7 on the list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 a year.

Bethel University Minnesota also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #3.

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#8

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

With a ranking of #8, Hamline University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 per year.

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Minnesota State University - Moorhead ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 a year.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 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 #10 on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $19,494 per year.

UMN Twin Cities also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 8,125
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 18 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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