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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
Mary Baldwin University · VA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$31,000 debt$58,459Saint Johns River State College · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,994 debt$58,403Hilbert College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$58,400Northwestern Oklahoma State University · OK · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,172 debt$58,292East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$58,287College of DuPage · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$58,233Rhode Island College · RI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,044 debt$58,221Long Beach City College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$6,000 debt$58,212Davis & Elkins College · WV · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$58,140SUNY at Fredonia · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,648 debt$58,133Valley City State University · ND · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$58,067Claflin University · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$34,445 debt$58,021Eureka College · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$57,983Bucks County Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$57,980College of Marin · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$57,924Quinsigamond Community College · MA · Public · Associate's Degree$14,671 debt$57,791Kankakee Community College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$57,778Mars Hill University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,506 debt$57,743Illinois College · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$57,739Brevard College · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$57,660San Joaquin Delta College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$57,648Santa Fe College · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,875 debt$57,645Lewis-Clark State College · ID · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$57,599Central Oregon Community College · OR · Public · Associate's Degree$14,000 debt$57,555Peru State College · NE · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,815 debt$57,519Cosumnes River College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$57,450Keystone College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$29,780 debt$57,447University of Minnesota-Morris · MN · Public · Bachelor's Degree$57,437Fremont University · CA · Private (for-profit) · Bachelor's Degree$46,846 debt$57,386Alma College · MI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$57,287Miami Dade College · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$13,250 debt$57,225Nazareth University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$57,193Florida SouthWestern State College · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$16,650 debt$57,132Chattahoochee Technical College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$57,082Quincy College · MA · Public · Associate's Degree$13,800 debt$57,073SUNY College at Potsdam · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$57,066Madison Area Technical College · WI · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$57,022Bryn Athyn College of the New Church · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$57,021Arizona Christian University · AZ · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,250 debt$56,882Jacksonville State University · AL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$56,874Where 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.