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

Ranked #1 in popularity, business administration & management is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 523 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. 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 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 bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

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

Top Maine Schools for a Bachelor's in Business Administration

1

University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME

96 Annual Graduates

$48,421 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management has to take a look at University of Southern Maine. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the business administration program make around $48,421 in the first couple years of their career.

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2

Husson University
Bangor, ME

52 Annual Graduates

$44,825 Median Starting Salary

$16,468 Median Student Debt

Husson University is a good decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Husson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Bangor.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the business administration program earn around $44,825 for their early career.

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3

University of New England
Biddeford, ME

27 Annual Graduates

$55,830 Median Starting Salary

University of New England is a wonderful decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. UNE is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from University of New England receive $5,390 more than the average business administration student.

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4

Thomas College
Waterville, ME

22 Annual Graduates

$42,478 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management needs to check out Thomas College. Thomas College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Waterville.

Soon after graduation, business administration bachelor's recipients generally earn an average of $42,478 in their early careers.

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5

University of Maine at Farmington
Farmington, ME

16 Annual Graduates

$29,685 Median Starting Salary

Located in the remote area of Farmington, UMaine Farmington is a public university with a small student population.

After graduation, business administration bachelor's recipients typically earn about $29,685 at the beginning of their careers.

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6

University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, ME

29 Annual Graduates

$41,325 Median Starting Salary

UMA is a small public university located in the town of Augusta.

Soon after graduating, business administration bachelor's recipients generally make about $41,325 in their early careers.

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7

University of Maine
Orono, ME

151 Annual Graduates

$45,950 Median Starting Salary

$16,028 Median Student Debt

Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn around $45,950 for their early career.

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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	238	4,821
Connecticut	183	1,615
New Hampshire	157	5,045
Rhode Island	157	734
Vermont	155	493

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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	494
Organizational Leadership	17
Interior Design Management	12

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Marketing	145
Accounting	127
Finance & Financial Management	127
Business/Managerial Economics	32
Hospitality Management	25
International Business	24
Management Information Systems	18
Entrepreneurial Studies	13
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	13
Human Resource Management	5

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.