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

If you pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 62 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 14,919 master's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

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

Your choice of business, management & marketing for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business, management & marketing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business, management & marketing students who choose to seek a master'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, management & marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• 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 colleges for business, management & marketing students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

12 Top New York Schools for a Master's in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1,176 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Cornell University if you want to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Cornell University

2

New York University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2,545 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in business, management & marketing needs to look into New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from New York University

3

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

684 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in business, management & marketing needs to take a look at Fordham University. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Fordham University

4

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

478 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Syracuse University if you want to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Syracuse.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Syracuse University

5

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

853 Annual Graduates

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

6

Binghamton University
Vestal, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

356 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Binghamton University

7

Baruch College
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

843 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Baruch College

8

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

104 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Poughkeepsie, Marist is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Marist College

9

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

325 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University at Buffalo

10

Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of New York, FIT SUNY is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Fashion Institute of Technology

11

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

100 Annual Graduates

RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

12

Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

69 Annual Graduates

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

Additional Noteworthy Schools

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

Rank	College	Location
13	Hofstra University	Hempstead, NY
14	University at Albany	Albany, NY
15	Culinary Institute of America	Hyde Park, NY
16	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, NY
17	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, NY
18	Pace University - New York	New York, NY
19	DeVry College of New York	New York, NY
20	St John’s University - New York	Queens, NY

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	34	8,996
New Jersey	32	3,779
Maryland	32	5,219
District of Columbia	32	3,265
Delaware	24	1,211

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	5,459
Business Administration & Management	4,961
Accounting	1,420
General Sales & Marketing	596
Human Resource Management	549
Real Estate	326
Marketing	319
Other Business, Management & Marketing	284
Hospitality Management	212
Finance & Financial Management	208

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.