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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
Pasadena City College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$5,681 debt$50,752Culver-Stockton College · MO · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$50,742University of Maine at Augusta · ME · Public · Associate's Degree$50,648Mt San Antonio College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$6,250 debt$50,626Antelope Valley Community College District · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$10,625 debt$50,512Adler University · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$50,502Charter College · AK · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$21,750 debt$50,501Montgomery County Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,531 debt$50,464Bethune-Cookman University · FL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$50,413University of Maine at Presque Isle · ME · Public · Bachelor's Degree$22,118 debt$50,411Indian River State College · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$11,750 debt$50,328Crestpoint University · AZ · Private (for-profit) · Bachelor's Degree$52,312 debt$50,315Orange County Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$50,302Norco College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$50,275Tarrant County College District · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$17,750 debt$50,244Ozarks Technical Community College · MO · Public · Associate's Degree$13,274 debt$50,243North Idaho College · ID · Public · Associate's Degree$50,238West Virginia State University · WV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,045 debt$50,169Mt Hood Community College · OR · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$50,166Oklahoma Panhandle State University · OK · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$50,148Northampton County Area Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$21,132 debt$50,143Macomb Community College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$9,500 debt$50,121Hudson County Community College · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$8,000 debt$50,114Point University · GA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$31,000 debt$50,094CUNY Bronx Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$7,957 debt$50,076San Bernardino Valley College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$50,061Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus · PR · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$50,049University of Virginia's College at Wise · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$15,799 debt$50,029University of Arkansas-Fort Smith · AR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,148 debt$50,020Lake Land College · IL · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$49,973Elizabeth City State University · NC · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,576 debt$49,903Mid Michigan College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$14,040 debt$49,822Blue Mountain Christian University · MS · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,875 debt$49,805Marion Technical College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$8,790 debt$49,792Louisiana State University at Alexandria · LA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$49,772Merced College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$49,768Ivy Tech Community College · IN · Public · Associate's Degree$11,686 debt$49,767Virginia State University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$49,764Hillsborough College · FL · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$14,933 debt$49,749Mount Aloysius College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$49,747Where 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.