If you plan on getting your master's degree in other business, management & marketing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #120 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 101 master's degrees in other business, management & marketing to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Other Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Master's Degree
The other business master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality other business program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other business, management & marketing students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other other business, management & marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for other business, management & marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other business, management & marketing related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other business, management & marketing students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Other Business, Management & Marketing in the Plains States Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in other business, management & marketing.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Other Business
University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a wonderful decision for students interested in a master's degree in other business, management & marketing. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lincoln.
Soon after graduating, other business master's recipients usually make about $41,626 in the first five years of their career.
It's hard to beat Dakota Wesleyan University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in other business, management & marketing. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Mitchell.
Soon after graduating, other business master's recipients generally earn about $61,623 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).