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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
Stark State College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$16,650 debt$51,648Maysville Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$20,089 debt$51,629Fashion Institute of Technology · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$51,622Clark State College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$22,943 debt$51,600St. Francis College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,680 debt$51,556Northwest Florida State College · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$11,341 debt$51,535Minneapolis Community and Technical College · MN · Public · Associate's Degree$12,800 debt$51,520Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · DE · Public · Associate's Degree$13,275 debt$51,466Community College of Rhode Island · RI · Public · Associate's Degree$7,756 debt$51,457East Georgia State College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$51,440Vermont State University · VT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$51,438Central Ohio Technical College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$18,745 debt$51,413Hagerstown Community College · MD · Public · Associate's Degree$51,374Johnson C Smith University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$37,038 debt$51,371Marymount Manhattan College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$22,250 debt$51,287Hudson Valley Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$9,250 debt$51,266Southeast Community College Area · NE · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$51,260College of Central Florida · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,818 debt$51,258St Philip's College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$17,787 debt$51,218Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · MO · Public · Associate's Degree$13,171 debt$51,195Santa Fe Community College · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$7,995 debt$51,122Albany Technical College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$16,880 debt$51,119Community College of Allegheny County · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$12,671 debt$51,099Union Commonwealth University · KY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,875 debt$51,079Nassau Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$9,500 debt$51,076Tyler Junior College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$51,071San Diego City College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$10,625 debt$51,001Mitchell College · CT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$50,991Bluegrass Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$13,500 debt$50,989North Carolina Wesleyan University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,499 debt$50,983Fresno City College · CA · Public · Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)$50,962York University · NE · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$28,370 debt$50,936Sussex County Community College · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$50,929Shasta College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$50,914Great Bay Community College · NH · Public · Associate's Degree$11,686 debt$50,863Massasoit Community College · MA · Public · Associate's Degree$10,738 debt$50,851Perry Technical Institute · WA · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$13,740 debt$50,820CUNY LaGuardia Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$8,250 debt$50,803University of the Ozarks · AR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$18,575 debt$50,789Northcentral Technical College · WI · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$9,840 debt$50,752Where 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.