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

If you pursue a master's degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 31 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,036 master's degrees in business administration & management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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 account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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

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 North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

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

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for business administration & management students seeking a a master's degree.

10 Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

10 Annual Graduates

$156,818 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill receive $77,898 more than the standard business administration student.

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2

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

382 Annual Graduates

$104,615 Median Starting Salary

Wake Forest University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Wake Forest University earn $25,695 more than the typical business administration grad.

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3

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

11 Annual Graduates

$113,700 Median Starting Salary

North Carolina State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from North Carolina State University receive an earnings boost of about $34,780 over the average earnings of business administration & management majors.

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4

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

210 Annual Graduates

$83,385 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Charlotte if you want to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Charlotte.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from University of North Carolina at Charlotte earn a boost of about $4,465 above the typical income of business administration & management majors.

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5

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

276 Annual Graduates

$77,753 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduation, business administration master's recipients usually make about $77,753 in their early careers.

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6

Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

82 Annual Graduates

$96,568 Median Starting Salary

Queens is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Charlotte.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management major at Queens University of Charlotte make $17,648 above the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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7

Elon University
Elon, NC

24 Annual Graduates

$90,264 Median Starting Salary

Elon is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Elon.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at Elon University make $11,344 more than the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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8

High Point University
High Point, NC

44 Annual Graduates

High Point is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of High Point.More information about a master’s in business administration & management from High Point University

9

University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC

242 Annual Graduates

$80,921 Median Starting Salary

UNCW is a large public university located in the midsize city of Wilmington.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at University of North Carolina at Wilmington earn $2,001 above the standard graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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10

Appalachian State University
Boone, NC

79 Annual Graduates

$72,310 Median Starting Salary

Appalachian State is a very large public university located in the distant town of Boone.

After graduating, business administration master's recipients generally make about $72,310 at the beginning of their careers.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Colleges 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
Tennessee	166	2,035
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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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	2,862
Organizational Leadership	91
Interior Design Management	57
Research and Development Management	26

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2,652
Accounting	504
International Business	82
Human Resource Management	76
Real Estate	24
Entrepreneurial Studies	14
Marketing	10
Hospitality Management	7
Finance & Financial Management	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.