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

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 22 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,984 master's degrees in business, management & marketing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

A Great Overall School

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.

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

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 full 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 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee

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

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

1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

502 Annual Graduates

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

2

Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

100 Annual Graduates

Lipscomb University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Lipscomb University

3

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

258 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in business, management & marketing has to look into University of Memphis. UofM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Memphis.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Memphis

4

Belmont University
Nashville, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

108 Annual Graduates

Belmont University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Belmont is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Belmont University

5

The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

125 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

6

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

279 Annual Graduates

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

7

Trevecca Nazarene University
Nashville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

145 Annual Graduates

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

8

Christian Brothers University
Memphis, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Christian Brothers is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Memphis.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Christian Brothers University

9

Union University
Jackson, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

110 Annual Graduates

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

10

Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

114 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Tennessee Technological University

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
North Carolina	31	5,667
Kentucky	31	2,611
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
Business Administration & Management	1,882
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	535
Accounting	305
Human Resource Management	89
General Business/Commerce	79
Marketing	51
Finance & Financial Management	28
Other Business, Management & Marketing	10
Entrepreneurial Studies	4
Management Information Systems	1

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.