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

Business, Management & Marketing is of the hottest master'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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 19 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 2,216 master's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account 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.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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

More Ways to Rank Business, Management & Marketing Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.

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

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for business, management & marketing students seeking a a master's degree.

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

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

404 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

152 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in business, management & marketing has to look into Marquette University. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Milwaukee.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Marquette University

3

University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Platteville, WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

109 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in business, management & marketing needs to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Platteville. Located in the town of Platteville, UW - Platteville is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Wisconsin - Platteville

4

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

92 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. UW - Eau Claire is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Eau Claire.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

5

Concordia University, Wisconsin
Mequon, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

201 Annual Graduates

Concordia University, Wisconsin is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Mequon.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Concordia University, Wisconsin

6

University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

47 Annual Graduates

UW Oshkosh is a large public university located in the small city of Oshkosh.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

7

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Whitewater, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

308 Annual Graduates

Located in the distant town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

8

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

198 Annual Graduates

UWM is a very large public university located in the large city of Milwaukee.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

9

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Green Bay, WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Green Bay, UW - Green Bay is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

10

Carroll University
Waukesha, WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

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

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

Explore all the Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges 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
Michigan	31	5,374

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	1,110
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	434
General Business/Commerce	342
Accounting	126
Real Estate	51
Finance & Financial Management	47
Human Resource Management	34
Marketing	31
Construction Management	13
Business/Corporate Communications	7

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.