2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Missouri

Ranked #1 in popularity, business administration & management is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 22 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of business administration & management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,485 master's degrees in business administration & management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Master's Degree

The business administration master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business administration & management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt business administration & management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business administration & management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business Administration & Management in Missouri

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management.

10 Top Missouri Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

291 Annual Graduates

$130,529 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in business administration & management needs to check out Washington University in St Louis. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at Washington University in St Louis get $60,308 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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2

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

84 Annual Graduates

$81,612 Median Starting Salary

Saint Louis University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management program at Saint Louis University make $11,391 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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3

Webster University
Saint Louis, MO

800 Annual Graduates

$76,602 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Webster University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from Webster University get an earnings boost of about $6,381 over the typical income of business administration & management graduates.

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4

Rockhurst University
Kansas City, MO

70 Annual Graduates

$73,511 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Rockhurst University if you want to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Rockhurst is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from Rockhurst University receive an earnings boost of about $3,290 above the average income of business administration & management graduates.

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5

Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, MO

222 Annual Graduates

$70,717 Median Starting Salary

Missouri State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career income of $70,717.

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6

Park University
Parkville, MO

186 Annual Graduates

$71,064 Median Starting Salary

Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Parkville.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program make about $71,064 in their early career salary.

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7

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO

30 Annual Graduates

$103,929 Median Starting Salary

Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Missouri University of Science and Technology make $33,708 more than the typical business administration grad.

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8

Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, MO

13 Annual Graduates

$60,457 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Saint Charles, Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

After graduation, business administration master's recipients usually earn around $60,457 in their early careers.

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9

University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

211 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in business administration & management from University of Missouri - Kansas City

10

William Woods University
Fulton, MO

58 Annual Graduates

$61,699 Median Starting Salary

William Woods is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Fulton.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn an average of $61,699 in the first couple years of working.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	174	2,786
Iowa	154	1,119
Kansas	149	1,443
Nebraska	123	939
North Dakota	115	314
South Dakota	89	171

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	2,249
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	82
Organizational Leadership	81
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	23
Operations Management	17
Interior Design Management	15
Supply Chain Management	13
Project Management	5

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	628
Accounting	523
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	510
Human Resource Management	238
Finance & Financial Management	138
International Business	13
Real Estate	10
Other Business, Management & Marketing	10
Marketing	8
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.