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

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.

College Factual looked at 19 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 4,602 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

The business, management & marketing bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. 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 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 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

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 - The number of business, management & marketing students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 much debt business, management & marketing students go into to obtain their bachelor's 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 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.

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky 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 Kentucky

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

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

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1,344 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Kentucky if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. UK is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lexington.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Kentucky

2

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

454 Annual Graduates

University of Louisville is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of Louisville

3

Thomas More University
Crestview Hills, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

89 Annual Graduates

Thomas More University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. Thomas More is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Crestview Hills.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Thomas More University

4

Asbury University
Wilmore, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

63 Annual Graduates

Asbury University is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. Asbury is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Wilmore.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Asbury University

5

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

501 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Western Kentucky University

6

Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

454 Annual Graduates

NKU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Highland Heights.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Northern Kentucky University

7

University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

234 Annual Graduates

Cumberlands is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the town of Williamsburg.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of the Cumberlands

8

Transylvania University
Lexington, KY

38 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Lexington, Transylvania is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Transylvania University

9

Sullivan University
Louisville, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

76 Annual Graduates

Sullivan University is a small private for-profit university located in the city of Louisville.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Sullivan University

10

Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

107 Annual Graduates

Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Louisville.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Bellarmine University

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	34	10,754
Mississippi	34	3,374
Florida	34	25,715
Virginia	34	11,012
Alabama	33	8,700
Georgia	33	11,969
West Virginia	32	4,250
Tennessee	32	6,619
South Carolina	32	6,635
Louisiana	31	4,767
Arkansas	30	3,661

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	1,133
Business Administration & Management	1,099
Marketing	692
Accounting	609
Finance & Financial Management	606
Business/Managerial Economics	111
Construction Management	111
Human Resource Management	68
Hospitality Management	59
Management Information Systems	55

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.