2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in New York

If you pursue a associate degree in business, management & marketing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 47 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6,761 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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate 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 - 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 schools for business, management & marketing students working on their associate 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 Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in business, management & marketing.

10 Top New York Schools for an Associate in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

660 Annual Graduates

Fashion Institute of Technology is a great option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in business, management & marketing. FIT SUNY is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Fashion Institute of Technology

2

SUNY Empire State College
Saratoga Springs, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

230 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat SUNY Empire State College if you want to pursue an associate degree in business, management & marketing. SUNY Empire is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Saratoga Springs.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from SUNY Empire State College

3

Monroe College
Bronx, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

151 Annual Graduates

Monroe College is a wonderful option for students interested in an associate degree in business, management & marketing. Monroe College is a medium-sized private for-profit college located in the large city of Bronx.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Monroe College

4

Suffolk County Community College
Selden, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

351 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in business, management & marketing needs to take a look at Suffolk County Community College. Suffolk County Community College is a very large public college located in the suburb of Selden.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Suffolk County Community College

5

Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

648 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of New York, BMCC is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Borough of Manhattan Community College

6

Monroe Community College
Rochester, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

158 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Rochester, Monroe Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Monroe Community College

7

Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

282 Annual Graduates

Nassau Community College is a large public college located in the large suburb of Garden City.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Nassau Community College

8

Excelsior University
Albany, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

85 Annual Graduates

Excelsior University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Albany.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Excelsior University

9

Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

186 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Troy, HVCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Hudson Valley Community College

10

Rockland Community College
Suffern, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

100 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Suffern, Rockland Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Rockland Community College

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Business, Management & Marketing students in the state of New York that almost earned our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in New York award.

Rank	College	Location
11	College of Staten Island CUNY	Staten Island, NY
12	Erie Community College	Buffalo, NY
13	Bryant & Stratton College - Albany	Albany, NY
14	LaGuardia Community College	Long Island City, NY
15	Bryant & Stratton College - Online	Orchard Park, NY

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	36	2,860
New Jersey	35	3,155
Maryland	33	2,164
Delaware	21	253
District of Columbia	13	390

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	3,699
Accounting	859
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	807
General Business/Commerce	271
Marketing	258
Hospitality Management	257
Human Resource Management	249
Business Support & Assistant Services	174
Entrepreneurial Studies	88
Finance & Financial Management	36

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.