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

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 55 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 9,024 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

The business administration master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business administration & management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt business administration & management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 colleges for business administration & management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master's Degree Schools in Texas list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for business administration & management students seeking a a master's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Texas Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

253 Annual Graduates

$121,647 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you want to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the city of College Station.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Texas A&M University - College Station earn $43,507 more than the average business administration graduate.

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2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

535 Annual Graduates

$159,326 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from The University of Texas at Austin earn $81,186 more than the average business administration student.

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3

Baylor University
Waco, TX

250 Annual Graduates

$109,356 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Baylor University if you want to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from Baylor University get an earnings boost of about $31,216 over the typical income of business administration & management majors.

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4

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

91 Annual Graduates

$110,670 Median Starting Salary

Texas Christian University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Fort Worth.

Those business administration & management students who get their master's degree from Texas Christian University receive $32,530 more than the average business administration graduate.

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5

The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX

366 Annual Graduates

$113,550 Median Starting Salary

UT Dallas is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at The University of Texas at Dallas make $35,410 more than the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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6

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

51 Annual Graduates

$135,130 Median Starting Salary

SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from Southern Methodist University earn a boost of about $56,990 above the average earnings of business administration & management graduates.

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7

University of Houston
Houston, TX

200 Annual Graduates

$114,181 Median Starting Salary

UH is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Houston.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management major at University of Houston earn $36,041 more than the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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8

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

351 Annual Graduates

$78,816 Median Starting Salary

UNT is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Denton.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career income of $78,816.

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9

University of Dallas
Irving, TX

109 Annual Graduates

$84,619 Median Starting Salary

UD is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Irving.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from University of Dallas receive an earnings boost of about $6,479 above the average income of business administration & management graduates.

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10

The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

259 Annual Graduates

$71,400 Median Starting Salary

UTSA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of San Antonio.

Master's students who receive their degree from the business administration program earn about $71,400 for their early career.

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11

The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX

416 Annual Graduates

$89,017 Median Starting Salary

UT Arlington is a fairly large public university located in the city of Arlington.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from The University of Texas at Arlington receive an earnings boost of around $10,877 above the average earnings of business administration & management majors.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Business Administration & Management students in the state of Texas that almost earned our Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Texas award.

Rank	College	Location
12	Saint Edward’s University	Austin, TX
13	Dallas Baptist University	Dallas, TX
14	The University of Texas at Tyler	Tyler, TX
15	University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, TX
16	Texas Woman’s University	Denton, TX
17	Sam Houston State University	Huntsville, TX
18	University of Houston - Downtown	Houston, TX

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	180	4,574
Oklahoma	153	1,089
New Mexico	114	421

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

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

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	8,580
Organizational Leadership	112
Interior Design Management	101
Office Administration	51
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	46
Project Management	42
Transportation/Mobility Management	36
Supply Chain Management	32
Research and Development Management	24

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2,557
Accounting	2,062
Human Resource Management	443
General Business/Commerce	368
Finance & Financial Management	178
Marketing	137
Hospitality Management	104
Taxation	86
Real Estate	81
Construction Management	53

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.