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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

31 Colleges
$19,317 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,610 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 131,555 degrees and certificates were awarded to business administration and management students, making the major the most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for business administration students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the business administration master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BYU are $7,700 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU is ranked #3 for overall quality for business administration in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#2

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Governors University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WGU are $7,790 per year.

WGU also took the #4 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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Out of the 31 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenwood Village.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest Nazarene University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NNU are $10,964 a year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Northwest Nazarene University Report

#5

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 31 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the # 5 spot on the list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Westminster College Salt Lake graduate students pay an average of $16,689 in tuition and fees each year.

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Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business administration and management programs. Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Denver are $12,792 per year.

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#7

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW are $17,569 a year.

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#8

Adams State University

Alamosa, CO

Adams State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Alamosa, Adams State is a public college with a small student population.

Adams State graduate students pay an average of $10,896 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Adams State University Report

#9

Regis University

Denver, CO

Regis University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Regis University Report

Western Colorado University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Gunnison, Western is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Western are $15,490 per year.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration and management schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 2,821
Utah 5,680
Idaho 319
Montana 76
Wyoming 51

Business Administration & Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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.

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