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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 37 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our analysis found Duke University to be the most popular school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in North Carolina. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

Of the 1,236 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Duke, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

Of the 898 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UNC Chapel Hill, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winston-Salem.

Women make up 38% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Wilmington helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 46% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Women make up 48% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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

Of the 322 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UNC Charlotte, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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#7

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 45% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 55% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Pembroke did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Pembroke, UNC Pembroke is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 57% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#9

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

Women make up 55% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#10

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

With a ranking of #10, Gardner - Webb University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Boiling Springs.

About 51% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 49% are male.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools 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 26 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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