2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine

Ranked #1 in popularity, business, management & marketing is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,055 bachelor's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of business, management & marketing for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. 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

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges 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.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's 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 - How many other business, management & marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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 easy is it for business, management & marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in Maine

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

Top Maine Schools for a Bachelor's in Business, Management & Marketing

1

University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

175 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Southern Maine if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Portland.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Southern Maine

2

Husson University
Bangor, ME

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

108 Annual Graduates

Husson University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the city of Bangor, Husson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Husson University

3

University of New England
Biddeford, ME

28 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing needs to check out University of New England. Located in the suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of New England

4

Thomas College
Waterville, ME

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

54 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing has to take a look at Thomas College. Located in the remote town of Waterville, Thomas College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Thomas College

5

University of Maine at Farmington
Farmington, ME

35 Annual Graduates

UMaine Farmington is a small public university located in the remote area of Farmington.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Maine at Farmington

6

University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, ME

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

Located in the distant town of Augusta, UMA is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Maine at Augusta

7

University of Maine
Orono, ME

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

421 Annual Graduates

UMaine is a large public university located in the suburb of Orono.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Maine

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	33	11,525
New Hampshire	32	6,747
Vermont	32	715
Rhode Island	32	3,007
Connecticut	31	4,435

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	523
Marketing	145
Accounting	127
Finance & Financial Management	127
Business/Managerial Economics	32
Hospitality Management	25
International Business	24
Management Information Systems	18
Entrepreneurial Studies	13
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	13

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.