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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
Converse University · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,146 debt$55,503Hiram College · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$28,259 debt$55,501Evangel University-College of Online Learning · MO · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$55,483North Central Texas College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$21,136 debt$55,451Delta State University · MS · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,183 debt$55,424Western Technical College · WI · Public · Associate's Degree$19,532 debt$55,382Joliet Junior College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$55,317Parkland College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$55,314Morehead State University · KY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,558 debt$55,282St Cloud Technical and Community College · MN · Public · Associate's Degree$18,776 debt$55,199University of Rio Grande · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,750 debt$55,183Gateway Technical College · WI · Public · Associate's Degree$15,750 debt$55,156Lubbock Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,750 debt$55,132Mayville State University · ND · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,680 debt$55,118Glendale Community College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$55,111Solano Community College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$55,103Lakeland Community College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$23,200 debt$55,020Bob Jones University · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,000 debt$54,989South Plains College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$54,986Gordon State College · GA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$54,940Erskine College · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$54,921Lackawanna College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$29,496 debt$54,906Chowan University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$28,712 debt$54,889Louisiana State University-Shreveport · LA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$36,651 debt$54,808Howard Payne University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$54,795Huntingdon College · AL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$30,959 debt$54,784Newberry College · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$54,747Saint Paul College · MN · Public · Associate's Degree$27,066 debt$54,742Front Range Community College · CO · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$13,000 debt$54,730Camden County College · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$8,208 debt$54,703Virginia Peninsula Community College · VA · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$15,280 debt$54,697Riverside City College · CA · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,689Marshall University · WV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,415 debt$54,659Defiance College · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$54,612Oglethorpe University · GA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$54,609Odessa College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$7,097 debt$54,586Phoenix College · AZ · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,556Humphreys University · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$44,638 debt$54,486Polk State College · FL · Public · Associate's Degree$8,000 debt$54,431Thomas University · GA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,125 debt$54,403Where 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.