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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

With 226,882 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, business, management and marketing is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 119 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Top 15% Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the best school in the Plains States Region for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of St Thomas Minnesota is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Drake University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

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#6

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

University of Northern Iowa ranked #6 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Rasmussen University - Minnesota ranked #8 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Rasmussen University - North Dakota did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Fargo.

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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

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#12

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, SD

Augustana University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Sioux Falls, Augustana Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#13

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

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Rasmussen University - Kansas ranked #14 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#15

Truman State University

Kirksville, MO

With a ranking of #15, Truman State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Truman State is a small public school located in the town of Kirksville.

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#16

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis University landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #17, Iowa State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Business, Management & Marketing students in the Plains States Region that almost earned our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
18 Saint Ambrose University Davenport, IA
19 University of Mary Bismarck, ND
20 Bethel University Minnesota Saint Paul, MN
21 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
22 Minnesota State University - Mankato Mankato, MN
23 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 2,142
Missouri 6,180
Minnesota 4,855
Iowa 2,264
North Dakota 463
Nebraska 1,622
South Dakota 278

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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