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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
Centenary College of Louisiana · LA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$48,525Dutchess Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$7,646 debt$48,481Hannibal-LaGrange University · MO · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$22,549 debt$48,374San Juan College · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$48,370Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus · PR · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$48,368Northwest Vista College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$9,500 debt$48,364Southern Adventist University · TN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$48,307Hallmark University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$43,236 debt$48,295Jarvis Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$39,249 debt$48,225Guilford Technical Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$26,352 debt$48,218Gateway Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$13,000 debt$48,177Wake Technical Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$21,000 debt$48,130Hardin-Simmons University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$24,290 debt$48,112South Carolina State University · SC · Public · Bachelor's Degree$32,000 debt$48,108University of Providence · MT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$48,103Berkshire Community College · MA · Public · Associate's Degree$48,049Community College of Aurora · CO · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$15,235 debt$48,049Shawnee State University · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,500 debt$48,031University of South Alabama · AL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$48,021Northwestern Michigan College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$48,006Linn-Benton Community College · OR · Public · Associate's Degree$47,936West Kentucky Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$12,391 debt$47,849Central Carolina Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$47,827Atlantic Cape Community College · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$8,975 debt$47,815Tri-County Technical College · SC · Public · Associate's Degree$9,450 debt$47,810Coker University · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$31,646 debt$47,785University of Maine at Farmington · ME · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,875 debt$47,757Williston State College · ND · Public · Associate's Degree$11,625 debt$47,706Finger Lakes Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$47,704Henry Ford College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$14,250 debt$47,684College of the Ozarks · MO · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$47,665SUNY Adirondack · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$47,650Lansing Community College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$17,248 debt$47,577Georgia Piedmont Technical College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$47,553Prairie State College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$12,500 debt$47,550North Dakota State College of Science · ND · Public · Associate's Degree$14,762 debt$47,469Shaw University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$34,265 debt$47,401The University of Montana-Western · MT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,627 debt$47,344Spartanburg Community College · SC · Public · Associate's Degree$11,820 debt$47,334Northwest Mississippi Community College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$9,247 debt$47,322Where 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.