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

Business Administration & Management is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 48 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of business administration & management. Combined, these schools handed out 4,497 master's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management.

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

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

581 Annual Graduates

$210,400 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from University of Pennsylvania get an earnings boost of approximately $132,400 above the typical income of business administration & management graduates.

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2

Villanova University
Villanova, PA

262 Annual Graduates

$127,993 Median Starting Salary

Villanova University is a great option for individuals interested in a master's degree in business administration & management. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Villanova.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Villanova University receive $49,993 more than the average business administration graduate.

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3

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

231 Annual Graduates

$129,690 Median Starting Salary

Temple University is a wonderful option for students interested in a master's degree in business administration & management. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at Temple University make $51,690 above the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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4

University of Scranton
Scranton, PA

90 Annual Graduates

$105,104 Median Starting Salary

University of Scranton is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from University of Scranton receive an earnings boost of around $27,104 above the average income of business administration & management majors.

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5

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

58 Annual Graduates

$117,962 Median Starting Salary

Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management major at Lehigh University earn $39,962 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

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6

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

234 Annual Graduates

Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a master’s in business administration & management from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

7

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

13 Annual Graduates

$94,936 Median Starting Salary

Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Drexel University receive $16,936 more than the typical business administration student.

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8

Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA

67 Annual Graduates

$75,618 Median Starting Salary

Duquesne is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career income of $75,618.

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9

Robert Morris University
Moon Township, PA

127 Annual Graduates

$75,409 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Moon Township, RMU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program make around $75,409 for their early career.

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10

DeSales University
Center Valley, PA

85 Annual Graduates

$100,458 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Center Valley, DeSales is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from DeSales University receive $22,458 more than the typical business administration student.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Business Administration & Management students in the state of Pennsylvania that almost earned our Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania award.

Rank	College	Location
11	Lebanon Valley College	Annville, PA
12	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	Shippensburg, PA
13	La Salle University	Philadelphia, PA
14	Elizabethtown College	Elizabethtown, PA
15	Moravian College	Bethlehem, PA
16	Widener University	Chester, PA

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	6,051
Maryland	193	3,128
New Jersey	188	2,407
District of Columbia	154	2,001
Delaware	109	782

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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	3,914
Organizational Leadership	253
Interior Design Management	167
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	111
Operations Management	23
Project Management	10
Retail Management	8
E-Commerce	7
Supply Chain Management	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	1,995
Human Resource Management	608
Accounting	428
Entrepreneurial Studies	400
General Business/Commerce	375
Finance & Financial Management	223
Marketing	201
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	89
Taxation	43
Real Estate	26

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.