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Business Administration and Management, General
CIP 5202 · offered at 2,589 colleges · national median earnings $67,246 · median debt $24,628
CollegeMedian earnings
SUNY Buffalo State University · NY · Public · Master's Degree$67,511University of Mississippi · MS · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,900 debt$67,414Mission College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$67,330Northern Kentucky University · KY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,500 debt$67,319Susquehanna University · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$67,304Presbyterian College · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$67,278Radford University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,250 debt$67,246University of Montevallo · AL · Public · Master's Degree$67,200Dickinson State University · ND · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,197 debt$67,169Clark College · WA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,274 debt$67,014Wheeling University · WV · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$66,949Chestnut Hill College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$66,885Ohio Wesleyan University · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$66,800Middle Georgia State University · GA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,243 debt$66,797Grace College and Theological Seminary · IN · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$66,779Lee University · TN · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$66,769College of the Canyons · CA · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$66,607Coastline Community College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$66,566Maranatha Baptist University · WI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$66,451Herzing University-Akron · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$46,792 debt$66,379Cambridge College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$66,360Florida Gulf Coast University · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,356 debt$66,349Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies · IN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$38,629 debt$66,296Messiah University · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,978 debt$66,222Ouachita Baptist University · AR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$66,175The Master's University and Seminary · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,889 debt$66,165Crown College · MN · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$66,154Lycoming College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$66,056Atlantis University · FL · Private (for-profit) · Master's Degree$66,024Monmouth College · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,018 debt$65,916Shorter University · GA · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$65,803Hope College · MI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$65,755University of the District of Columbia · DC · Public · Bachelor's Degree$32,500 debt$65,711Saginaw Valley State University · MI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,557 debt$65,594Kutztown University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$65,407Goucher College · MD · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$65,402Metropolitan State University of Denver · CO · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,800 debt$65,387Kean University · NJ · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,018 debt$65,332Loras College · IA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$65,266The College of Saint Scholastica · MN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,497 debt$65,192Where this field leads
Occupations that the U.S. Department of Education maps to this field of study, with national pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A crosswalk of what graduates can do — not a placement rate for any one college.
OccupationMedian payU.S. jobs
General and Operations Managers$105,7703,503,020
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$69,5001,436,680
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$48,5201,121,800
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$83,0501,087,090
Project Management Specialists$102,3201,066,670
Human Resources Specialists$75,940912,430
Management Analysts$101,860898,280
Financial Managers$166,570841,710
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$74,450673,430
Computer and Information Systems Managers$175,140670,570
Sales Managers$148,270637,080
Managers, All Other$141,900622,190
Sources: U.S. Department of Education CIP–SOC crosswalk; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (national, latest release).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.