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

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 16 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,193 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 account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host 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 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

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 Kentucky list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

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

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

198 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Kentucky if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Kentucky

2

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

177 Annual Graduates

Western Kentucky University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in business, management & marketing. WKU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bowling Green.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Western Kentucky University

3

Thomas More University
Crestview Hills, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

46 Annual Graduates

Thomas More University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the large suburb of Crestview Hills, Thomas More is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Thomas More University

4

Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

404 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Northern Kentucky University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Northern Kentucky University

5

Sullivan University
Louisville, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

65 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Louisville, Sullivan University is a private for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Sullivan University

6

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

492 Annual Graduates

UofL is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Louisville.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Louisville

7

University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

796 Annual Graduates

Located in the remote town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of the Cumberlands

8

Murray State University
Murray, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

117 Annual Graduates

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

9

Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

46 Annual Graduates

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

10

Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Lindsey Wilson College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Columbia.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Lindsey Wilson College

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	34	1,515
Florida	34	10,076
Virginia	33	5,504
Georgia	32	4,380
Tennessee	32	2,876
North Carolina	31	5,667
West Virginia	30	1,741
Alabama	30	3,910
Louisiana	30	4,162
South Carolina	30	1,706
Arkansas	30	651

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	1,452
Business Administration & Management	1,067
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	482
Accounting	115
Human Resource Management	43
Marketing	32
Finance & Financial Management	2

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.