Management Master's At 100 Top Business Schools

Yale School of Management

You could call the management master’s a human catapult. Ideally, it propels job seekers into the business world, to landing points far higher than they’d reach with only a college degree. In fact, many schools market these programs specifically toward holders of bachelor’s degrees in non-business majors. “College graduates are facing unprecedented competition when looking for full-time employment,” says a Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management introduction to their management studies master’s program. “If you have a liberal arts, science or math background, the Kellogg MSMS Program can give you the management and business skills critical to make you stand out — all in less than one year.”

If Kellogg’s numbers are to be believed, that marketing is not mere hype: the program’s class of 2015 were 100% employed within three months of graduation, according to the school. The curriculum covers business basics, and is current enough to include business analytics along with accounting, marketing, leadership, strategy, and other required courses.

Most of the specialized master’s in management target recent college graduates. In fact, Kellogg doesn’t even accept applications from people with more than 10 months of full-time work experience, or from people with undergraduate business degrees. At the Duke University Fuqua School of Business, some 60% of the 110 students in a typical class have six or fewer months of work experience, and an average age of 23.

In the table below are the management master’s programs that mostly concern the management of people; degrees in fields such as supply chain management, IT management, and risk management are not included in this listing.

Management Master’s At 100 Top Business Schools

Rank	School	Program	Duration	Program Tuition
2	Stanford Graduate School of Business	MSx (for experienced leaders)	1 year	$121,040
5	Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management	Management Studies	10 months	$48,000
7	MIT Sloan School of Management	Management Studies (MBA or equivalent students of partner schools only)	1 year	$65,750
10	Yale University School of Management	Advanced Management (MBA graduates from partner schools only)	1 year	$63,380
11	Duke University Fuqua School of Business	Management Studies (also, MMS in partnership with Duke Kunshan University, China)	10 months	$48,900 (160,000RMB for Chinese students in Duke Kunshan University)
13	University of Michigan Ross School of Business	Management	10 months	In-state: $44,510; out-of-state: $49,510
21	Indiana University Kelley School of Business	Strategic Management (online)	18 months (or up to five years)	$38,100
24	Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business	Management	10 months (plus bootcamps)	$45,810
25	Michigan State Broad College of Business	Management, Strategy, and Leadership (online)	20 months	not available
26	USC Marshall School of Business	Medical Management	1 year (4 residential sessions)	$54,866
26	USC Marshall School of Business	Management Studies (requires prerequisites equivalent to first year of an MBA program)	10 months (part-time: up to 4 years)	$44,460
28	Vanderbilt University Owen GSM	Management in Health Care (part-time)	1 year	$49,950
36	Arizona State Carey School of Business	Management	9 months	In-state: $24,600; out-of-state: $40,800; international: $42,600
38	University of Rochester Simon Business School	Management (part-time)	avg. 3 1/2 years	$73,290
38	University of Rochester Simon Business School	Medical Management (part-time)	5 semesters	$1,745 per credit hour
38	University of Rochester Simon Business School	Health Care Management (part-time)	13 months	$65,000
39	Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business	Management	9 months	$40,236
39	Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business	Sport Management	9 months (+ summer internship)	$40,236
41	Texas A & M Mays Business School	Management	18 months	$18,987.15
42	Boston University Questrom School of Business	Management Studies	9 months	$48,082 (includes fees)
44	Purdue University Krannert School of Management	HR Management	17 months	In-state: $33,627; out-of-state: $63,276
45	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Business	Business Administration in International Management	1 year	$32,590 (+ $16,737 in fees)
45	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Business	Technology Management	1 year	$32,571
46	University of Florida Hough GSB	Management	1 year	In-state: $16,909; out-of-state: $40,102
47	U.C. Irvine Merage School of Business	Biotechnology Management	2 years (6 quarters)	In-state: $ 58,187; out-of-state: $80,913
47	U.C. Irvine Merage School of Business	Engineering Management	1 year (three quarters)	In-state: $29,094; out-of-state: $41,339
49	George Washington University School of Business	Project Management	18-24 months (part-time: 30-48 months)	$55,620
50	Temple University Fox School of Business	Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship	1 year (full-time); up to 3 years (part-time)	In-state: $32,460; out-of-state $45,330
50	Temple University Fox School of Business	HR Management	1 year (full-time); up to 3 years (part-time)	In-state: $32,460; out-of-state $45,330
51	Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business	International Management (also part-time)	10-15 months	variable tuition
52	University of Texas-Dallas Jindal SOM	Energy Management	18 or 24 months	In-state: 18 months: $23,967; 24 months: $26,760; out-of-state: 18 months: $45,444; 24 months: $48,452
52	University of Texas-Dallas Jindal SOM	Healthcare Management (also part-time)	18 or 24 months (part-time: up to 6 years)	In-state: 18 months: $23,967; 24 months: $26,760; out-of-state: 18 months: $45,444; 24 months: $48,452
52	University of Texas-Dallas Jindal SOM	Healthcare Management for Physicians (part-time)	16 months	$34,200
52	University of Texas-Dallas Jindal SOM	International Management Studies	18 or 24 months	In-state: 18 months: $23,967; 24 months: $26,760; out-of-state: 18 months: $45,444; 24 months: $48,452
52	University of Texas-Dallas Jindal SOM	Management and Administrative Sciences	2 years (average)	In-state: 18 months: $23,967; 24 months: $26,760; out-of-state: 18 months: $45,444; 24 months: $48,452
58	University of Alabama Manderson GSB	Operations Management (also online version)	9 months (online: up to 6 years)	In-state: $10,170; out-of-state: $25,950(plus $2,500 in total course fees) (online: $13,300)
58	University of Alabama Manderson GSB	MA in Management (online)	up to 6 years	$13,300
63	Tulane University Freeman School of Business	Management	10 months	$41,400
63	Tulane University Freeman School of Business	Management in Energy	10 months	$57,600
66	University of Miami School of Business Administration	Management Studies	10 months	$55,500
71	University of Tennessee-Knoxville Haslam College of Business	HR Management (also part-time)	1 year (part-time: avg. 2 years)	In-state: $18,534 (plus $3,000 program fee); out-of-state: $46,161 (plus $3,000 program fee); (part-time: in-state: $19,503; out-of-state: $52,866
72	Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead SOM	Healthcare management (part-time)	2 years	$56,100 (all admits are eligible for a $20,000 scholarship; effective tuition: $36,100)
72	Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead SOM	Engineering and Management	1 year	not available
73	University of Connecticut Storrs School of Business	HR Management	22 months	$28,875
81	Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School	Human Resources (also part-time)	12-19 months	$63,180; part-time: $64,545
81	Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School	Management and Leadership (part-time)	16 months	$58,320
88	Hofstra University Zarb School of Business	HR Management	18 months	$36,540
90	University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business	Sports Product Management	18 months	In-state: $65,000; out-of-state: $75,000
95	Clemson University College of Business	Management	avg. 2 years (depends on courseload)	In-state: $19,764; out-of-state: $41,100
99	Fordham University Gabelli School of Business	Media Management	12-24 months	$48,672
100	Rochester Institute of Technology Saunders College of Business	Management	1 year	$40,158 – $50,196