2022 Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,232 people earned their degree in business management and marketing, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 716 business management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 business management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in business management and marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business management and marketing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the business management and marketing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree business management & marketing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business Management & Marketing (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s business management and marketing degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Doane University

Crete, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$7,663 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Doane University landed the #2 spot on the list. Doane Crete is a private not-for-profit institution located in Crete, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 60 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Doane Crete also took the #2 spot in our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Doane University are $7,663, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Business Management & Marketing at Doane University

#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s business management and marketing degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Webster Business Management & Marketing Report

#4

Dakota Wesleyan University

Mitchell, South Dakota

#4 in overall quality

$15,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Dakota Wesleyan University is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s business management and marketing degrees to qualified students.

Dakota Wesleyan University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dakota Wesleyan University are $15,300, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Business Management & Marketing at Dakota Wesleyan University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business Management & Marketing (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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