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2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

66 Colleges
$44,631 Avg Salary
$27,430 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 66 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Fort Hays State University to be the most popular school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue an online bachelor’s degree in the Plains States Region . FHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Hays.

Women make up 57% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

Out of the 66 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Out of the 66 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 66% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#4

Columbia College

Columbia, MO

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Columbia College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Plains States Region . Columbia College Missouri is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Women make up 51% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#5

Park University

Parkville, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

Women make up 43% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Women make up 40% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Metropolitan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Metro State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

About 55% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 45% are male.

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#8

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Upper Iowa University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the rural area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 62% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online bachelor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

About 43% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 57% are male.

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#10

Grantham University

Lenexa, KS

Grantham University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Grantham University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Lenexa.

Women make up 52% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for online Business, Management & Marketing students in the Plains States Region that almost earned our Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN
12 Walden University Minneapolis, MN
13 Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, MO

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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

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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.

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