2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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 26 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 8,228 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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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.

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

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 the Rocky Mountains Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business Administration & Management in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

10 Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

176 Annual Graduates

$121,135 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from Brigham Young University - Provo receive an earnings boost of approximately $40,940 above the average income of business administration & management graduates.

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2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

356 Annual Graduates

$110,581 Median Starting Salary

University of Utah is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the city of Salt Lake City.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from University of Utah earn a boost of about $30,386 above the typical income of business administration & management graduates.

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3

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

285 Annual Graduates

$99,929 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in business administration & management has to take a look at Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins earn $19,734 more than the standard business administration grad.

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4

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

309 Annual Graduates

$94,825 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from University of Colorado Boulder earn a boost of around $14,630 above the average income of business administration & management majors.

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5

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT

4,366 Annual Graduates

$83,321 Median Starting Salary

WGU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from Western Governors University get an earnings boost of about $3,126 above the typical income of business administration & management majors.

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6

Boise State University
Boise, ID

190 Annual Graduates

$88,001 Median Starting Salary

Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from Boise State University get an earnings boost of approximately $7,806 over the typical income of business administration & management majors.

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7

University of Denver
Denver, CO

135 Annual Graduates

$86,375 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management program at University of Denver earn $6,180 above the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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8

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

230 Annual Graduates

$108,322 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus earn $28,127 above the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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9

Westminster College Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

20 Annual Graduates

$91,955 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Westminster College Utah earn $11,760 more than the standard business administration student.

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10

Utah State University
Logan, UT

138 Annual Graduates

$93,571 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Utah State University make $13,376 more than the standard business administration graduate.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration & management schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	2,554
Utah	164	5,651
Idaho	96	314
Montana	90	75
Wyoming	53	51

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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	6,381
Organizational Leadership	1,566
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	122
Project Management	111
Transportation/Mobility Management	14
Interior Design Management	13
Science/Technology Management	11
Supply Chain Management	10

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting	1,367
Management Information Systems	774
Human Resource Management	620
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	527
General Business/Commerce	258
Finance & Financial Management	188
Marketing	114
Real Estate	89
Entrepreneurial Studies	52
Taxation	50

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.