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

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 33 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 12,359 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. 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 include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various 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

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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

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

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

1

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

407 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Boston College if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Boston College

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2,158 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Boston University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Boston University

3

Babson College
Wellesley, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

480 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Babson College if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Babson College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Wellesley.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Babson College

4

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

683 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Massachusetts Amherst if you want to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the city of Amherst.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Massachusetts Amherst

5

Bentley University
Waltham, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

453 Annual Graduates

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

6

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

524 Annual Graduates

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

7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

76 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

8

Emerson College
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

Emerson is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Emerson College

9

Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

201 Annual Graduates

Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Waltham.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Brandeis University

10

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

570 Annual Graduates

UMass Lowell is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Lowell.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Massachusetts - Lowell

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
Rhode Island	32	940
Connecticut	30	3,141
New Hampshire	27	4,022
Maine	27	276
Vermont	25	364

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	6,140
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	3,195
Accounting	710
Finance & Financial Management	690
General Business/Commerce	421
International Business	338
Marketing	320
Human Resource Management	273
Other Business, Management & Marketing	92
Hospitality Management	52

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.