2024 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Business Administration & Management is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 54 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for business administration & management students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 4,212 master's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Master's Degree

The business administration master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business administration & management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt business administration & management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business administration & management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business Administration & Management in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management.

10 Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

465 Annual Graduates

$179,063 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management major at University of Pennsylvania get $107,205 above the standard graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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2

Villanova University
Villanova, PA

317 Annual Graduates

$106,590 Median Starting Salary

Villanova University is a great option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Villanova.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Villanova University receive $34,732 more than the typical business administration student.

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3

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

331 Annual Graduates

$109,345 Median Starting Salary

Temple University is a great decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Temple University earn $37,487 more than the average business administration student.

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4

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

37 Annual Graduates

$122,676 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Lehigh University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Bethlehem.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Lehigh University make $50,818 more than the typical business administration grad.

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5

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

157 Annual Graduates

Pitt is a very large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a master’s in business administration & management from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

6

University of Scranton
Scranton, PA

80 Annual Graduates

$92,218 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from University of Scranton get an earnings boost of approximately $20,360 above the average income of business administration & management majors.

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7

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

19 Annual Graduates

$89,747 Median Starting Salary

Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Drexel University receive $17,889 more than the average business administration graduate.

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8

West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA

217 Annual Graduates

$78,514 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public university with a large student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from West Chester University of Pennsylvania make $6,656 more than the standard business administration student.

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9

Widener University
Chester, PA

38 Annual Graduates

$79,613 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Widener University earn $7,755 more than the average business administration student.

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10

Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA

101 Annual Graduates

$67,168 Median Starting Salary

Duquesne is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn about $67,168 in their early career salary.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	6,051
Maryland	193	3,128
New Jersey	188	2,407
District of Columbia	154	2,001
Delaware	109	782

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	3,624
Organizational Leadership	226
Interior Design Management	170
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	118
Operations Management	39
Project Management	17
Retail Management	6
Supply Chain Management	5
E-Commerce	5
Transportation/Mobility Management	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	1,957
Human Resource Management	749
Accounting	563
Finance & Financial Management	483
General Business/Commerce	298
Entrepreneurial Studies	262
Marketing	151
Taxation	87
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	66
Other Business, Management & Marketing	48

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.