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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
Southwest Tennessee Community College · TN · Public · Associate's Degree$47,286Central Maine Community College · ME · Public · Associate's Degree$12,600 debt$47,260South Puget Sound Community College · WA · Public · Associate's Degree$47,244Hennepin Technical College · MN · Public · Associate's Degree$47,241Five Towns College · NY · Private (for-profit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,573 debt$47,222Central Christian College of Kansas · KS · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$48,554 debt$47,201Gwinnett Technical College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$19,197 debt$47,114Murray State College · OK · Public · Associate's Degree$12,750 debt$47,051Valencia College · FL · Public · Associate's Degree$13,347 debt$46,965Savannah State University · GA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$36,836 debt$46,957East Texas Baptist University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,925 debt$46,855Northwest State Community College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$9,991 debt$46,814Butler County Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$46,811University of the Virgin Islands · VI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$15,462 debt$46,775Lone Star College System · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$17,170 debt$46,772Jackson College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$11,393 debt$46,745Schenectady County Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$46,662Alexandria Technical & Community College · MN · Public · Associate's Degree$12,375 debt$46,559Calumet College of Saint Joseph · IN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$46,551Laramie County Community College · WY · Public · Associate's Degree$17,830 debt$46,474Greenville Technical College · SC · Public · Associate's Degree$29,397 debt$46,364University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff · AR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,406 debt$46,323Blackburn College · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$46,283Morris College · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,946 debt$46,257Saint Elizabeth University · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$24,548 debt$46,247Blue Ridge Community College · VA · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$11,500 debt$46,237Alabama State University · AL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$32,125 debt$46,126GateWay Community College · AZ · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,097Williams Baptist University · AR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$46,062Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$46,023Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$46,023Reading Area Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$14,650 debt$46,016Laurel Technical Institute · PA · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$45,973Nashville State Community College · TN · Public · Associate's Degree$15,687 debt$45,965West Virginia University at Parkersburg · WV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$45,951Mendocino College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$20,000 debt$45,925Edgecombe Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$21,601 debt$45,859CUNY Kingsborough Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$8,691 debt$45,843Haskell Indian Nations University · KS · Public · Bachelor's Degree$45,827Concord University · WV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,900 debt$45,815Where 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.