2021 Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing School for You
In 2018-2019, 416,954 bachelor's degrees were awarded to business, management and marketing students, making the major the most popular in the country.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing list to help you make the college decision.
This year's Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates ranking analyzed 1,326 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing.
In this ranking, we use early career salaries - salaries 10 years from when a student started college. This is the salary typically earned 4-6 years after graduation, but may be different depending on how long a person takes to complete their degree.
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Salaries of Business, Management & Marketing Majors After Graduation
After graduation, business, management and marketing majors from schools in the United States earn an average salary of $42,499 per year. This means that graduates with bachelor's degrees in this field make 7% more than the average college graduate salary of $39,802.
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2021 Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Grads in United States
The following colleges produce the highest paid business, management and marketing graduates.
Top 25 Best Schools for Highly Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates
Bismarck State College comes in at #1 in this year's ranking. BSC is a small public school located in the city of Bismarck.
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Our rankings recognize Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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United States Military Academy comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. West Point is a small public school located in the town of West Point.
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University of Pennsylvania comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
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Our rankings recognize Carnegie Mellon University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Berkeley. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U of Michigan is a public school with a very large student population.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings for highest paid business, management and marketing school. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.
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Georgetown University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Georgetown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
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Our rankings recognize Emory University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
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United States Air Force Academy comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. USAFA is a small public school located in the town of USAF Academy.
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New York University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
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Stevens Institute of Technology comes in at #11 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
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University of Notre Dame earned the #12 spot in our 2021 rankings. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.
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Our rankings recognize Wentworth Institute of Technology as the #13 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earned the #14 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
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Wake Forest University comes in at #15 in this year's ranking. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.
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University of California - Los Angeles earned the #16 spot in our 2021 rankings. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
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Villanova University landed the #17 spot in our 2021 rankings for highest paid business, management and marketing school. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #18 spot in our 2021 rankings for highest paid business, management and marketing school. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Our rankings recognize Boston College as the #19 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Our rankings recognize Union College New York as the #19 school in this year's rankings. Union College Schenectady is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Schenectady.
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Brown University earned the #20 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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Southern Methodist University comes in at #21 in this year's ranking. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.
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The #22 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Lehigh University. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
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Additional Award Winners
This section represents the rest of the schools awarded a Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 1326 different United States business, management and marketing schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great schools for Business, Management & Marketing students seeking high pay that almost earned our Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates award.
Business, Management & Marketing by Region
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Rankings in Majors Related to Business, Management & Marketing
Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
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| Business Administration & Management | 172,408 |
| Accounting | 53,997 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 46,736 |
| Marketing | 44,258 |
| General Business/Commerce | 25,818 |
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Notes and 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 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.
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