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

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 looked at 23 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,882 master's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

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

Your choice of business administration & management for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on business administration & management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business administration & management students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business administration & management to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Business Administration & Management Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

1

Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN

83 Annual Graduates

$69,501 Median Starting Salary

Lipscomb University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program report average early career earnings of $69,501.

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2

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

216 Annual Graduates

$83,471 Median Starting Salary

University of Memphis is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. UofM is a very large public university located in the large city of Memphis.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from University of Memphis earn a boost of about $10,333 above the average earnings of business administration & management majors.

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3

Belmont University
Nashville, TN

13 Annual Graduates

Belmont University is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in business administration & management. Belmont is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.More information about a master’s in business administration & management from Belmont University

4

The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN

102 Annual Graduates

$82,079 Median Starting Salary

The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a great choice for students pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management major at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga make $8,941 above the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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5

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN

236 Annual Graduates

$76,031 Median Starting Salary

Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Murfreesboro.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from Middle Tennessee State University receive an earnings boost of around $2,893 above the average income of business administration & management majors.

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6

Trevecca Nazarene University
Nashville, TN

145 Annual Graduates

$64,161 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of Nashville, TNU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduating, business administration master's recipients generally make about $64,161 at the beginning of their careers.

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7

Christian Brothers University
Memphis, TN

31 Annual Graduates

$89,547 Median Starting Salary

Christian Brothers is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Memphis.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Christian Brothers University earn $16,409 more than the average business administration student.

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8

Union University
Jackson, TN

98 Annual Graduates

$76,829 Median Starting Salary

Union is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Jackson.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from Union University earn a boost of about $3,691 over the typical income of business administration & management majors.

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9

Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN

114 Annual Graduates

$73,759 Median Starting Salary

Located in the town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public university with a large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the business administration program make around $73,759 for their early career.

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10

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN

67 Annual Graduates

$63,888 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career income of $63,888.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	6,153
Georgia	190	2,252
Virginia	182	4,078
North Carolina	178	3,014
Alabama	151	2,940
Kentucky	147	870
Louisiana	147	3,219
South Carolina	146	1,106
Mississippi	145	1,071
Arkansas	121	450
West Virginia	112	1,112

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Administration

Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Business Administration Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	1,578
Interior Design Management	183
Organizational Leadership	85
E-Commerce	19
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	11
Supply Chain Management	3
Project Management	2
Operations Management	1

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	535
Accounting	305
Human Resource Management	89
General Business/Commerce	79
Marketing	51
Finance & Financial Management	28
Other Business, Management & Marketing	10
Entrepreneurial Studies	4
Management Information Systems	1

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.