2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota

Business, Management & Marketing is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in North Dakota to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 206 associate degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of business, management & marketing for getting your associate 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 - How many other business, management & marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• 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 associate 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 associate 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 Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota 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 North Dakota

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for business, management & marketing students seeking a an associate degree.

Top North Dakota Schools for an Associate in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Rasmussen University - North Dakota
Fargo, ND

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

Rasmussen University - North Dakota is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the city of Fargo, Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Rasmussen University - North Dakota

2

North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton, ND

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

North Dakota State College of Science is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in business, management & marketing. North Dakota State College of Science is a small public college located in the town of Wahpeton.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from North Dakota State College of Science

3

Williston State College
Williston, ND

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in business, management & marketing has to check out Williston State College. Located in the town of Williston, Williston State College is a public college with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Williston State College

4

Lake Region State College
Devils Lake, ND

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in business, management & marketing has to look into Lake Region State College. Located in the town of Devils Lake, Lake Region State College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Lake Region State College

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	37	1,598
Kansas	35	586
Nebraska	34	557
Iowa	33	635
South Dakota	32	360
Missouri	32	898

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	139
Accounting	25
General Business/Commerce	18
Business Support & Assistant Services	8
Management Information Systems	5
Entrepreneurial Studies	4
Human Resource Management	3
General Sales & Marketing	2
Marketing	1
Other Business, Management & 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.