2022 Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Business Management & Marketing is the 143rd most popular major in the country with 5,232 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in business management and marketing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great business management and marketing programs and 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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business Management & Marketing in the Plains States Region

#1

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Doane University landed the #1 spot on the list. Doane Crete is located in Crete, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 60 masters’s business management and marketing degrees to qualified students.

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.

Full Doane University Business Management & Marketing Report

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 11 masters’s business management and marketing degrees 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 UNL are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Business Management & Marketing at UNL

#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s business management and marketing students in 2019-2020.

Webster also took the #3 spot in our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Business Management & Marketing at Webster

#4

Dakota Wesleyan University

Mitchell, South Dakota

#4 in overall quality

$15,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota Wesleyan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Business Management & Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mitchell, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Dakota Wesleyan University also made our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Dakota Wesleyan University are $15,300.

Full Dakota Wesleyan University Business Management & Marketing Report

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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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