2025 Best Small Business Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

49 Associate Degrees

If you plan on getting your associate degree in small business administration/management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #206 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for small business administration/management students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 49 associate degrees in small business administration/management to qualified students.

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Best Associate Degree Schools List

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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 small business administration/management students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of small business administration/management students who choose to seek a associate 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.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized small business administration/management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for small business administration/management students working on their associate degree.

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