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

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 13 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,966 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

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 full 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

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 Washington 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 Washington

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

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

1

Seattle University
Seattle, WA

226 Annual Graduates

$104,093 Median Starting Salary

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

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Seattle University make $8,086 more than the average business administration grad.

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2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

385 Annual Graduates

$149,800 Median Starting Salary

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from University of Washington - Seattle Campus get an earnings boost of around $53,793 over the typical income of business administration & management graduates.

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3

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

494 Annual Graduates

$125,114 Median Starting Salary

Washington State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a very large student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Washington State University earn $29,107 more than the standard business administration grad.

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4

Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

217 Annual Graduates

$92,105 Median Starting Salary

Gonzaga University is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Gonzaga 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 $92,105.

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5

City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA

66 Annual Graduates

$89,182 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduation, business administration master's recipients usually make about $89,182 at the beginning of their careers.

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6

Northwest University
Kirkland, WA

25 Annual Graduates

$89,563 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Kirkland, Northwest University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population.

Soon after graduation, business administration master's recipients generally earn around $89,563 in their early careers.

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7

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

29 Annual Graduates

$75,467 Median Starting Salary

WWU is a large public university located in the city of Bellingham.

After graduating, business administration master's recipients usually earn an average of $75,467 in the first five years of their career.

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8

Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA

25 Annual Graduates

$58,626 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career wages of $58,626.

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9

Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA

354 Annual Graduates

$62,301 Median Starting Salary

Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program report average early career wages of $62,301.

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10

Whitworth University
Spokane, WA

34 Annual Graduates

$66,917 Median Starting Salary

Whitworth is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Spokane.

Master's students who receive their degree from the business administration program earn an average of $66,917 in the first couple years of their career.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	11,068
Oregon	158	737
Nevada	105	267
Hawaii	85	197
Alaska	52	118

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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	1,703
Organizational Leadership	219
Interior Design Management	30
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	10
Project Management	4

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	355
Accounting	171
Taxation	52
Entrepreneurial Studies	41
General Business/Commerce	3
Human Resource Management	2

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.