2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree School for You
Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in the United States with 862,104 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 1,313 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business, Management & Marketing program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 25 Most Popular Schools for a Master's in Business, Management & Marketing
Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the most popular school in the United States for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
About 53% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 47% are male.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern New Hampshire University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 59% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
About 62% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 38% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
About 34% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 66% are male.
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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Maryland Global Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 2,308 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UMGC, 42% are male and 58% are female.
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Louisiana State University - Shreveport ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools list. Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Shreveport.
About 47% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 53% are male.
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With a ranking of #7, New York University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
About 48% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 52% are male.
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Grand Canyon University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Women make up 55% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.
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Liberty University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Of the 1,893 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Liberty University, 55% are male and 45% are female.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Of the 1,759 students majoring in business, management and marketing at USC, 51% are male and 49% are female.
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Webster University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools list. Webster is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
About 53% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 47% are male.
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With a ranking of #13, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
About 48% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 52% are male.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
Women make up 42% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.
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University of Pennsylvania ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Of the 1,505 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UPenn, 54% are male and 46% are female.
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With a ranking of #16, Florida International University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a very large student population.
About 58% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 42% are male.
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DeVry University - Illinois did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 1,429 students majoring in business, management and marketing at DeVry University - Illinois, 37% are male and 63% are female.
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The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 45% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 55% are male.
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Harvard University ranked #19 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
Women make up 44% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.
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Columbia Southern University landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
About 55% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 45% are male.
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Duke University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
About 45% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 55% are male.
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With a ranking of #22, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Women make up 59% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.
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Hult International Business School came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Hult International Business School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
Women make up 45% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.
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Boston University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
About 49% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 51% are male.
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With a ranking of #25, Strayer University - Global Region did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.
Women make up 54% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.
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Additional Award Winners
This list shows the rest of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 1313 different United States business, management and marketing schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools award.
Business, Management & Marketing by Region
View the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.
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Business, Management & Marketing Related Majors
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.