MSc Management: fees from £7,710 to £51,000 and how to fund them

Thirty-four full-time management master’s compared. Twelve cost less than the loan; the rest leave a gap of up to £37,794.

  • 12 of 34 courses

    Within the loan

Key facts

Cheapest
Teesside University, International Business Management, £7,710 (2026/27)
Middle fee
£16,650 (between Durham, £16,500, and Newcastle, £16,800, 2027/28)
Dearest
Imperial College London, MSc in Management, £51,000 (2027 entry)

The thirty-four full-time management master’s we checked range from £7,710 (Teesside, 2026/27) to £51,000 (Imperial, 2027), with a middle fee of £16,650. Twelve of the thirty-four cost £13,206 or less, so the Master’s Loan covers the fee; at the middle the loan leaves £3,444, and at the top end £37,794. The subject is the same; the price mainly follows the university.

Courses for this guide

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City St George's

Digital Supply Chain Management MSc

MSc · Full time · 1 year

Fee
£15,800

Fee for 2026/27 (September 2026 entry)

£2,594 more than the SLC master's loan covers
Affordability
Outcomes
University employment rate: 89%

University of Warwick

Programme and Project Management MSc

MSc · Full time · 1 year

Fee
£13,690

Fee for 2027-28

£484 more than the SLC master's loan covers
Affordability
Outcomes
University employment rate: 95%

Loughborough

MSc Management

MSc · Full time · 1 year

Fee
£13,250

Fee for 2027-28

£44 more than the SLC master's loan covers
Affordability
Outcomes
University employment rate: 84%

Durham

Management

Master’s · Full time · 1 year

Fee
£16,500

Fee for 2027-2028

£3,294 more than the SLC master's loan covers
Affordability
Outcomes
University employment rate: 93%

Durham

MSc Management

MSc · Full time · 1 year

Fee
£16,500

Fee for 2027 entry

£3,294 more than the SLC master's loan covers
Affordability
Outcomes
University employment rate: 93%

Open Affordability or Outcomes on any course for the detail. Courses with a StepEx loan are marked and get no preference in the order. How we work it out

Paying the university directly assumes three instalments: at the start, after 4 months and after 7 months. Estimates based on the figures shown, not advice. A StepEx loan is subject to identity, affordability and credit checks; approval is not guaranteed.

The loan against the fee

The Postgraduate Master’s Loan from Student Finance England is £13,206 for courses starting on or after 1 August 2026. It is paid to you, not the university, in three instalments a year (33%, 33% and 34%), and the amount does not depend on your income or your family’s. You repay 6% of what you earn over £21,000 a year (£1,750 a month); interest is currently 6% a year. The 2027/28 amount has not been published.

What the fee buys

Entry requirements, class size, careers support and the alumni network differ far more than the syllabus. The Department for Education publishes the median pay of master’s graduates in each subject five years after graduating, and the Office for Students publishes each university’s graduate jobs rate for business subjects; set the fee against them. Pay outcomes are a proxy, not a prediction for this course.

Ways to pay

  • Student loan. Where the course qualifies, the Master’s Loan of £13,206 (England; other UK nations differ, see the nations guide).
  • Pay the university. Ask about paying in instalments across the year; the university’s own page sets the dates.
  • Employer. Some employers pay all or part of a fee, usually with a condition that you stay for a period afterwards.
  • Scholarships and discounts. University scholarships and alumni discounts, see the scholarships guide.
  • StepEx loan. On the courses listed on the finance availability page, credit from StepEx Lender Ltd lets you pay the fee in monthly repayments after a deposit. Approval is not guaranteed. The representative example for each course is on the provider’s page.

A StepEx loan is credit from StepEx Lender Ltd, available on the courses listed on the finance availability page. Approval is not guaranteed. The representative example for each course is on the provider’s page.

Ways to pay

  • SLC

    The government SLC master's loan. The amount depends on where you live.

    How the SLC master's loan works
  • Pay the university directly

    Usually in three instalments: at the start, after 4 months and after 7 months.

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Questions people ask

Not necessarily. Use the outcomes figures and the university’s own data, and talk to the admissions team about who teaches the course and where last year’s graduates went.

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    Read the guide: Psychology conversion MSc
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Sources and dates

Estimates, not advice.

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