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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Southwest Region

83 Colleges
$46,664 Avg Salary
$24,341 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 83 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Southwest 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

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our analysis found Rice University to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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Out of the 83 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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#3

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

The excellent programs at Texas Christian University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Out of the 83 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 83 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the # 5 spot on the list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

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#6

Baylor University

Waco, TX

With a ranking of #6, Baylor University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #7, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #10 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#11

University of Houston

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #11, University of Houston did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

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#12

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

University of Dallas 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. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irving.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Business, Management & Marketing students in the Southwest Region that almost earned our Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
13 University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Norman, OK
14 University of Houston - Clear Lake Houston, TX
15 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Stillwater, OK
16 Arizona State University - Skysong Scottsdale, AZ

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 7,884
Texas 16,152
Oklahoma 1,823
New Mexico 514

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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