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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

232 Colleges
$50,531 Avg Salary
$24,361 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

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 Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 232 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.

Check out the business, management and marketing programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Middle Atlantic Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for business, management and marketing students. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Adelphi.

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#2

New York University

New York, NY

The excellent programs at New York University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 232 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 3 spot on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Global Region. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Washington, Strayer University - Global Region is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

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#6

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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#7

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#8

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

With a ranking of #8, Georgetown University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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Rutgers University - Newark landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular business, management and marketing programs. Rutgers Newark is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.

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#10

George Washington University

Washington, DC

George Washington University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular business, management and marketing programs. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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#11

Baruch College

New York, NY

Baruch College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #11 on the list. Baruch is a large public school located in the city of New York.

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#12

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Villanova University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular business, management and marketing programs. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Maryland - College Park landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular business, management and marketing programs. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

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#14

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

With a ranking of #14, Wilmington University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Wilmington University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of New Castle.

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#15

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

With a ranking of #15, University of Rochester did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Rochester.

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#16

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple 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. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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#17

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#18

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

Fordham University ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Stevens Institute of Technology ranked #19 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hoboken.

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#20

American University

Washington, DC

American University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#21

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Montclair State University 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. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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St John’s University - New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #22 on the list. STJ is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Queens.

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#23

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

Seton Hall University ranked #23 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Orange.

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#24

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

With a ranking of #24, Hofstra University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Hofstra is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hempstead.

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#25

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University ranked #25 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a very large student population.

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#26

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA
#27

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA
#29

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
#32

Pace University - New York

New York, NY
#34

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Business, Management & Marketing students in the Middle Atlantic Region that almost earned our Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank College Location
35 University of Delaware Newark, DE
36 Excelsior College Albany, NY
37 University of Scranton Scranton, PA
38 Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Teaneck, NJ
39 Mercy College Dobbs Ferry, NY
40 University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
41 Goldey - Beacom College Wilmington, DE
42 LIM College New York, NY
43 The Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY
44 Adelphi University Garden City, NY
45 University at Albany Albany, NY
46 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 15,641
Pennsylvania 10,239
Maryland 5,708
New Jersey 4,113
District of Columbia 3,850
Delaware 1,257

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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