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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
Amarillo College · TX · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$17,500 debt$45,793Community College of Baltimore County · MD · Public · Associate's Degree$45,762Southwestern Community College · IA · Public · Associate's Degree$45,710Northeast Iowa Community College · IA · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$20,635 debt$45,615South Texas College · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$5,449 debt$45,612Talladega College · AL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$31,125 debt$45,520Allen University · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$41,000 debt$45,474State Technical College of Missouri · MO · Public · Associate's Degree$10,000 debt$45,392Weatherford College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$45,365CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$45,364Niagara County Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$13,579 debt$45,321Chattanooga State Community College · TN · Public · Associate's Degree$15,162 debt$45,111Hill College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$45,070Palo Alto College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$44,952Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro · PR · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$44,907South Florida State College · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$44,874Reedley College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$44,872Blackhawk Technical College · WI · Public · Associate's Degree$44,824Northeast Texas Community College · TX · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$14,500 debt$44,814Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$12,080 debt$44,794Grambling State University · LA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$38,828 debt$44,729East Los Angeles College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$44,716Elizabethtown Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$11,560 debt$44,708Jamestown Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$8,750 debt$44,645Roxbury Community College · MA · Public · Associate's Degree$44,621Glenville State University · WV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,747 debt$44,589Kentucky Christian University · KY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$44,584Hartnell College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$44,509Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$27,238 debt$44,435NHTI-Concord's Community College · NH · Public · Associate's Degree$13,125 debt$44,421Texas College · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$37,578 debt$44,386Cuyahoga Community College District · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$12,159 debt$44,372Mesa Community College · AZ · Public · Associate's Degree$44,290North Country Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$44,262Central Piedmont Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$6,959 debt$44,216Forsyth Technical Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$13,641 debt$44,191Jones County Junior College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$8,250 debt$44,182Davidson-Davie Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$24,125 debt$44,176NorthWest Arkansas Community College · AR · Public · Associate's Degree$9,725 debt$44,173Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus · PR · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$44,131Where 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.