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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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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 Most Popular 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 114 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Out of the 114 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 1,965 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Grand Canyon University, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 45% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Out of the 114 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 large city of Austin.

About 39% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 61% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

About 39% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 61% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, American InterContinental University - Online 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 rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

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

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The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Women make up 41% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #8, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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

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Southern Methodist University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

Of the 591 students majoring in business, management and marketing at SMU, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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With a ranking of #10, Texas A&M University - Commerce 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 town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 559 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Texas A&M Commerce, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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University of the Incarnate Word came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 47% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 53% are male.

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University of North Texas 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 #12 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 53% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #13, Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

About 44% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 56% are male.

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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 487 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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West Texas A&M University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.

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

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#16

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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#17

Rice University

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #17, Rice University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

Of the 440 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Rice, 69% are male and 31% are female.

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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 in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
18 Texas Woman’s University Denton, TX
19 University of Houston - Downtown Houston, TX
20 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
21 The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX
22 University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Norman, OK

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools 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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