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

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 35 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 10,469 bachelor's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

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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 the Rocky Mountains Region 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 the Rocky Mountains Region

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

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

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

1,201 Annual Graduates

$56,014 Median Starting Salary

$60,346 Median Student Debt

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boulder.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from University of Colorado Boulder receive an earnings boost of about $6,861 above the average earnings of business administration & management graduates.

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2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

679 Annual Graduates

$54,846 Median Starting Salary

$38,163 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management needs to look into Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fort Collins.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins earn $5,693 more than the typical business administration graduate.

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3

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT

2,505 Annual Graduates

$66,432 Median Starting Salary

Western Governors University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from Western Governors University earn $17,279 more than the average business administration graduate.

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4

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

119 Annual Graduates

$71,163 Median Starting Salary

Brigham Young University - Provo is a great decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management program at Brigham Young University - Provo earn $22,010 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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5

Utah Valley University
Orem, UT

352 Annual Graduates

$60,132 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a very large student population.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from Utah Valley University get an earnings boost of approximately $10,979 over the typical earnings of business administration & management majors.

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6

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

176 Annual Graduates

$53,806 Median Starting Salary

U of U is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management major at University of Utah make $4,653 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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7

Colorado State University - Global Campus
Aurora, CO

403 Annual Graduates

$69,863 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Aurora, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management major at Colorado State University - Global Campus get $20,710 more than the standard college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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8

Boise State University
Boise, ID

196 Annual Graduates

$48,776 Median Starting Salary

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

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program report average early career income of $48,776.

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9

University of Idaho
Moscow, ID

40 Annual Graduates

$59,334 Median Starting Salary

U of I is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Moscow.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Idaho receive $10,181 more than the standard business administration grad.

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10

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

431 Annual Graduates

$52,428 Median Starting Salary

$24,560 Median Student Debt

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

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus receive an earnings boost of approximately $3,275 above the typical earnings of business administration & management majors.

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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
Utah	204	4,074
Colorado	190	5,786
Idaho	171	863
Montana	134	144
Wyoming	70	74

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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	9,934
Project Management	223
Supply Chain Management	131
Organizational Leadership	95
Interior Design Management	65
Operations Management	15
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	6

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting	2,946
Marketing	1,937
Finance & Financial Management	1,492
Human Resource Management	1,308
General Business/Commerce	1,051
Management Information Systems	777
Construction Management	332
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	311
Hospitality Management	204
General Sales & Marketing	143

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.