2025 Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

Business Administration & Management is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 22 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,195 bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree

The business administration bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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 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 bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Business Administration & Management in Wisconsin

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

10 Top Wisconsin Schools for a Bachelor's in Business Administration

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

231 Annual Graduates

$67,699 Median Starting Salary

University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison make $15,456 more than the standard business administration student.

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2

Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

50 Annual Graduates

$63,285 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Marquette University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from Marquette University earn $11,042 more than the average business administration grad.

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3

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Whitewater, WI

175 Annual Graduates

$55,477 Median Starting Salary

$22,675 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Whitewater if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. UW - Whitewater is a large public university located in the distant town of Whitewater.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater earn $3,234 more than the typical business administration graduate.

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4

University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Platteville, WI

67 Annual Graduates

$51,290 Median Starting Salary

$16,593 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Platteville if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. UW - Platteville is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Platteville.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career income of $51,290.

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5

University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI

171 Annual Graduates

$54,826 Median Starting Salary

UW - Stout is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Menomonie.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from University of Wisconsin - Stout receive an earnings boost of around $2,583 above the average income of business administration & management majors.

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6

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI

136 Annual Graduates

$46,254 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Eau Claire, UW - Eau Claire is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

After graduating, business administration bachelor's recipients generally earn about $46,254 in their early careers.

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7

Concordia University, Wisconsin
Mequon, WI

35 Annual Graduates

$56,347 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management program at Concordia University, Wisconsin get $4,104 above the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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8

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
La Crosse, WI

117 Annual Graduates

$52,521 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of La Crosse, UW - La Crosse is a public university with a large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the business administration program earn about $52,521 in the first couple years of working.

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9

Herzing University - Madison
Madison, WI

23 Annual Graduates

$52,469 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Madison, Herzing University - Madison is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program report average early career income of $52,469.

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10

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Green Bay, WI

199 Annual Graduates

$48,709 Median Starting Salary

UW - Green Bay is a large public university located in the city of Green Bay.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn an average of $48,709 in the first couple years of their career.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	4,041
Ohio	252	3,640
Illinois	241	4,889
Indiana	235	2,577

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Administration

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	1,533
Operations Management	358
Interior Design Management	171
Supply Chain Management	59
Office Administration	44
Transportation/Mobility Management	18
Organizational Leadership	11
Project Management	1

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Finance & Financial Management	1,687
Marketing	1,378
Accounting	813
General Sales & Marketing	246
Real Estate	240
General Business/Commerce	214
Human Resource Management	204
Management Information Systems	191
Construction Management	160
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	144

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.