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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region

118 Colleges
$50,626 Avg Salary
$22,535 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing School for You

In 2020-2021, 226,882 business, management and marketing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 118 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the business, management and marketing programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 15% Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in the Far Western US Region for business, management and marketing students. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

The excellent programs at Santa Clara University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . SCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Santa Clara.

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The excellent programs at Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Linfield OCE is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of McMinnville.

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University of Southern California ranked #6 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best business, management and marketing programs. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

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#9

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #9 on the list. USFCA is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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University of California - Davis came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Washington - Bothell Campus came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Bothell, UW Bothell is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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California State University Maritime Academy did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #12 on the list. Cal Maritime is a fairly small public school located in the medium-sized city of Vallejo.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #13 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#14

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Pepperdine University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best business, management and marketing programs. Pepperdine is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malibu.

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Saint Mary’s College of California landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best business, management and marketing programs. Located in the large suburb of Moraga, SMC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #16 on the list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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#17

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #17, Academy of Art University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

Rank College Location
18 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA
19 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
20 California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA
21 Seattle University Seattle, WA
22 Gonzaga University Spokane, WA
23 University of San Diego San Diego, CA

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 19,312
Washington 2,309
Oregon 1,256
Nevada 409
Hawaii 241
Alaska 135

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

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