2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana

Ranked #3 in popularity, business, management & marketing is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,143 associate 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 Associate Degree

The business, management & marketing associate 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. 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 account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges 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.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - The number of business, management & marketing students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• 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 associate 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 colleges for business, management & marketing students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Business, Management & Marketing Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in Indiana

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

Top Indiana Schools for an Associate in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
Marion, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

150 Annual Graduates

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in an associate degree in business, management & marketing. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Marion.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

2

Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1,192 Annual Graduates

Ivy Tech Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business, management & marketing. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Indianapolis.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Ivy Tech Community College

3

Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

620 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in business, management & marketing has to look into Purdue University Global. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Purdue University Global

4

Vincennes University
Vincennes, IN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

74 Annual Graduates

Vincennes University is a good choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the remote town of Vincennes, Vincennes University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Vincennes University

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	38	2,588
Ohio	36	4,514
Wisconsin	31	2,311
Illinois	30	2,165

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	1,255
General Business/Commerce	384
Accounting	346
Hospitality Management	82
Business Support & Assistant Services	66
Entrepreneurial Studies	4
Human Resource Management	4
Management Information Systems	1
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	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.