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

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,866 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 complete 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.

More Ways to Rank Business Administration & Management Schools

The business administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire.

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

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

Top New Hampshire Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

3,485 Annual Graduates

$78,210 Median Starting Salary

Southern New Hampshire University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the business administration program make an average of $78,210 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in business administration & management from Southern New Hampshire University

2

New England College
Henniker, NH

120 Annual Graduates

$66,607 Median Starting Salary

New England College is a good decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the rural area of Henniker, NEC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the business administration program make around $66,607 in their early career salary.

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3

Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, NH

23 Annual Graduates

$92,586 Median Starting Salary

Franklin Pierce University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the rural area of Rindge, Franklin Pierce is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Franklin Pierce University make $5,670 more than the average business administration student.

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4

Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH

46 Annual Graduates

$62,441 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Plymouth State University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the town of Plymouth, Plymouth State is a public university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program report average early career income of $62,441.

More information about a master’s in business administration & management from Plymouth State University

5

Granite State College
Manchester, NH

20 Annual Graduates

$79,414 Median Starting Salary

Located in the medium-sized city of Manchester, GSC is a public college with a small student population.

After graduating, business administration master's recipients generally earn an average of $79,414 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in business administration & management from Granite State College

6

Rivier University
Nashua, NH

22 Annual Graduates

$75,852 Median Starting Salary

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

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program report average early career earnings of $75,852.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	4,906
Connecticut	153	1,760
Rhode Island	127	513
Vermont	91	284
Maine	90	178

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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	3,580
Operations Management	202
Organizational Leadership	51
Interior Design Management	23
Project Management	10

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting	439
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	408
Human Resource Management	407
Marketing	225
General Business/Commerce	108
Finance & Financial Management	100

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.