2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Michigan

Ranked #1 in popularity, business, management & marketing is one of the most sought-after master'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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 25 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,783 master's degrees in business, management & marketing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Master's Degree

The business, management & marketing master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business, management & marketing 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 take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different 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 much a school focuses on business, management & marketing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business, management & marketing 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, management & marketing 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, management & marketing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business, management & marketing students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Business, Management & Marketing Schools

The business, management & marketing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Michigan.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in Michigan

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing.

10 Top Michigan Schools for a Master's in Business, Management & Marketing

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1,142 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a wonderful choice for students interested in a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

705 Annual Graduates

Michigan State University is a great option for individuals interested in a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Michigan State University

3

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

471 Annual Graduates

Central Michigan University is a good option for students pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Central Michigan University

4

Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

141 Annual Graduates

Oakland University is a good choice for students interested in a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Oakland University

5

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

117 Annual Graduates

WMU is a large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Western Michigan University

6

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

391 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Wayne State University

7

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

Ferris is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Big Rapids.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Ferris State University

8

Davenport University
Grand Rapids, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

185 Annual Graduates

Davenport University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Davenport University

9

Calvin University
Grand Rapids, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Grand Rapids, Calvin is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Calvin University

10

Northwood University
Midland, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

146 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Midland, Northwood is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Northwood University

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	34	12,463
Indiana	33	5,086
Ohio	32	5,239
Wisconsin	31	2,220

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	3,080
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	698
Accounting	309
Human Resource Management	194
General Business/Commerce	157
Other Business, Management & Marketing	100
Marketing	86
Finance & Financial Management	75
Insurance	20
Management Information Systems	19

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar. More about our data sources and methodologies.