2023 Best Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree School for You
General Business/Commerce is the #31 most popular major in the country with 9,137 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 107 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the general business master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 15% Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general business/commerce students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.
Michigan State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree general business/commerce programs. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.
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Johns Hopkins University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree general business/commerce programs. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s best schools for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.
New York University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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Lehigh University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general business/commerce students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the small city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools ranking. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.
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Texas Tech University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #14, Citadel Military College of South Carolina did quite well on this year’s best schools for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. The Citadel is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.
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Loyola Marymount University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Loyola Marymount is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
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George Mason University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general business/commerce students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional great schools for Business & Commerce students that almost earned our Best Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools award.
Rank | College | Location |
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17 | Northeastern University | Boston, MA |
18 | Gonzaga University | Spokane, WA |
19 | University of Maryland - College Park | College Park, MD |
20 | University of Missouri - Columbia | Columbia, MO |
21 | Saint Joseph’s University | Philadelphia, PA |
General Business/Commerce by Region
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General Business/Commerce Related Rankings by Major
One of 20 majors within the area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to General Business
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Business Administration & Management | 131,555 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 31,701 |
Accounting | 19,309 |
Human Resource Management | 12,117 |
Finance & Financial Management | 5,784 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
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