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

162 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 162 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business, Management & Marketing program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for business, management and marketing students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Out of the 162 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Pepperdine is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malibu.

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#5

Sofia University

Palo Alto, CA

The excellent programs at Sofia University 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 . Institute of Transpersonal Psychology is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Palo Alto.

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University of California - Berkeley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

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#8

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Northcentral University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#9

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#10

University of the People

Pasadena, CA

University of the People landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular business, management and marketing programs. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, University of the People is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#11

National University

La Jolla, CA

With a ranking of #11, National University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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Washington State University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular business, management and marketing programs. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#13

Westcliff University

Irvine, CA

Westcliff University ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Westcliff University is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

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#14

University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

With a ranking of #14, University of La Verne did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Located in the large suburb of La Verne, ULV is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#16

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #16 on the list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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With a ranking of #17, University of California - Irvine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#18

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region list. SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara.

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#19

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

With a ranking of #19, University of Redlands did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Located in the small city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#20

Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey, CA

With a ranking of #20, Naval Postgraduate School did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey.

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California State University - East Bay did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #21 on the list. Cal State East Bay is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Hayward.

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#22

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA

Gonzaga University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Gonzaga is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Spokane.

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#23

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. USFCA is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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#24

Portland State University

Portland, OR

With a ranking of #24, Portland State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

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

Rank College Location
25 University of Oregon Eugene, OR
26 University of Phoenix - California Costa Mesa, CA
27 Seattle University Seattle, WA
28 California Baptist University Riverside, CA
29 San Diego State University San Diego, CA
30 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
31 University of San Diego San Diego, CA
32 California State University - Sacramento Sacramento, 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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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