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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
Northern Maine Community College · ME · Public · Associate's Degree$42,002Pitt Community College · NC · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$21,625 debt$41,867Benedict College · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$34,000 debt$41,811Rowan-Cabarrus Community College · NC · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$10,253 debt$41,790Vincennes University · IN · Public · Associate's Degree$15,306 debt$41,731Sullivan County Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$41,456Fulton-Montgomery Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$16,750 debt$41,433Wilkes Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$41,409Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · TN · Private (for-profit) · Bachelor's Degree$41,385Kalamazoo Valley Community College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$14,100 debt$41,323Xavier University of Louisiana · LA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$41,198Columbia State Community College · TN · Public · Associate's Degree$41,027Northeastern Junior College · CO · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$9,500 debt$41,000NUC University · PR · Private (for-profit) · Master's Degree$40,934Wayne Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$40,883Seminole State College of Florida · FL · Public · Associate's Degree$28,094 debt$40,825Delgado Community College · LA · Public · Associate's Degree$34,932 debt$40,697Alpena Community College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$40,618Mildred Elley-New York Campus · NY · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$25,000 debt$40,606Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus · NY · Private (for-profit) · Associate's Degree$25,000 debt$40,606Pima Community College · AZ · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,589Southwest Texas College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$40,550University of Mobile · AL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$43,141 debt$40,469Central Carolina Technical College · SC · Public · Associate's Degree$40,435Columbia International University · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$40,432Somerset Community College · KY · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$15,805 debt$40,411Robeson Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$40,410Jefferson Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$11,173 debt$40,401Livingstone College · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$33,000 debt$40,328Washington State College of Ohio · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$15,875 debt$40,318Fayetteville Technical Community College · NC · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$14,699 debt$40,278Blinn College District · TX · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,225Herkimer County Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$14,794 debt$40,063CUNY Hostos Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$10,425 debt$40,022Carl Albert State College · OK · Public · Associate's Degree$10,568 debt$40,001Victoria College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$39,926Langston University · OK · Public · Bachelor's Degree$32,021 debt$39,840Eastern Maine Community College · ME · Public · Associate's Degree$39,834Carteret Community College · NC · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,820Wayne County Community College District · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$39,773Where 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.