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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina

32 Colleges
$44,749 Avg Salary
$26,047 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in North Carolina with 6,200 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina

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

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in North Carolina for business, management and marketing students. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

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Out of the 32 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 2 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina list. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winston-Salem.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for business, management and marketing students. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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#5

Elon University

Elon, NC

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Elon University is a great place for business, management and marketing students. Located in the midsize suburb of Elon, Elon is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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Queens University of Charlotte ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Charlotte, Queens is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#8

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Appalachian State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Wingate University

Wingate, NC

Wingate University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina ranking. Wingate is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Wingate.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 1,604
Florida 10,641
Virginia 6,276
Tennessee 3,234
Georgia 4,603
South Carolina 2,077
Louisiana 4,370
West Virginia 1,895
Kentucky 2,845
Arkansas 731
Alabama 4,164

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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