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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 114 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

Our analysis found University of Phoenix - Arizona to be the most popular school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 2,987 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UOPX - Arizona, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Out of the 114 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

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Out of the 114 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 1,340 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UT Dallas, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Women make up 39% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Out of the 114 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 39% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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American InterContinental University - Online ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 755 students majoring in business, management and marketing at AIU Online, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

Of the 694 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UT Arlington, 59% are male and 41% are female.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Of the 685 students majoring in business, management and marketing at ASU - Tempe, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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Southern Methodist 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. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

About 40% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 60% are male.

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Texas A&M University - Commerce ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 44% are male.

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With a ranking of #11, University of the Incarnate Word 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 city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 47% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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University of North Texas ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 525 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UNT, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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Arizona State University - Skysong 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 #13 on the list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

Women make up 44% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #14, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi 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 city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 48% are male.

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West Texas A&M 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 #15 on the list. West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.

Women make up 45% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#16

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston 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 #16 on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 461 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UH, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#17

Rice University

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #17, Rice University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

About 31% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 69% are male.

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Honorable Mentions

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
18 Texas Woman’s University Denton, TX
19 University of Houston - Downtown Houston, TX
20 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
21 The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX
22 University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Norman, OK

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.

  • 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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