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

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 2,569 bachelor's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. 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

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's 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 - 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 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 bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

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

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

37 Annual Graduates

Brown University is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. Brown is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Brown University

2

Bryant University
Smithfield, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

634 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Bryant University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the large suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Bryant University

3

Providence College
Providence, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

493 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing needs to look into Providence College. Providence is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Providence College

4

Johnson & Wales University - Online
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

155 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing needs to look into Johnson & Wales University - Online. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Johnson & Wales University - Online

5

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

458 Annual Graduates

URI is a large public university located in the suburb of Kingston.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Rhode Island

6

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

207 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Johnson & Wales University - Providence

7

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

256 Annual Graduates

RWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bristol.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Roger Williams University

8

Salve Regina University
Newport, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

144 Annual Graduates

Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Newport.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Salve Regina University

9

Rhode Island College
Providence, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

160 Annual Graduates

RIC is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Rhode Island College

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
Maine	32	1,139
Connecticut	31	4,435

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	677
Marketing	561
Finance & Financial Management	554
Accounting	304
Entrepreneurial Studies	104
Hospitality Management	103
International Business	91
Construction Management	58
Human Resource Management	46
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	34

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.