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

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 421 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 schools for business, management & marketing 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, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Maine list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing.

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

1

Husson University
Bangor, ME

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

105 Annual Graduates

Husson University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Husson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Bangor.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Husson University

2

Thomas College
Waterville, ME

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

62 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Thomas College if you want to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Thomas College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Waterville.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Thomas College

3

University of Maine
Orono, ME

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

172 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Maine if you want to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Maine

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	34	10,515
Rhode Island	32	940
Connecticut	30	3,141
New Hampshire	27	4,022
Vermont	25	364

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	192
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	179
Accounting	21
Hospitality Management	10
International Business	6
Finance & Financial Management	4
Entrepreneurial Studies	3
Marketing	3
Insurance	3

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.