Bachelor's degree · Business and management · CIP 52.02
Business Administration, Management and Operations: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 1,555 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Business Administration, Management and Operations, together awarding 159,267 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $51,262 one year after finishing and $67,776 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $24,211 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
1,555
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
159,267
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$51,262
1,077 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$67,776
1,083 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$24,211
1,063 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Business Administration, Management and Operations
| Southern New Hampshire University Manchester · Private nonprofit | NH | 6,202 | $62,987 | $77,948 | $27,744 |
| University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix · Private for-profit | AZ | 5,796 | $63,073 | $70,460 | $40,013 |
| Western Governors University Salt Lake City · Private nonprofit | UT | 2,685 | $70,584 | $87,901 | $22,883 |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 2,245 | $55,060 | $75,129 | $13,313 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 2,164 | $56,205 | $70,101 | $15,000 |
| American Public University System Charles Town · Private for-profit | WV | 2,044 | $64,017 | $76,094 | $12,000 |
| The University of Arizona Global Campus Chandler · Public | AZ | 1,735 | $65,262 | $70,933 | $22,492 |
| Liberty University Lynchburg · Private nonprofit | VA | 1,683 | $53,936 | $70,580 | $22,553 |
| Grand Canyon University Phoenix · Private nonprofit | AZ | 1,659 | $56,415 | $68,274 | $27,000 |
| Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs · Private for-profit | CO | 1,621 | $56,241 | $66,878 | $39,481 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 1,594 | n/a | $78,333 | $12,000 |
| University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi · Public | MD | 1,465 | $67,046 | $82,361 | $17,833 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 1,399 | $53,709 | $72,592 | $13,000 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 1,350 | $51,565 | $77,038 | $14,023 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge · Public | CA | 1,231 | $50,898 | $71,241 | $12,937 |
| Purdue University Global West Lafayette · Public | IN | 1,194 | $66,177 | $70,907 | $35,203 |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder · Public | CO | 1,147 | $64,841 | $93,489 | $18,500 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento · Public | CA | 1,040 | $53,869 | $72,717 | $12,892 |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco · Public | CA | 980 | $53,836 | $79,589 | $16,209 |
| American InterContinental University System Chandler · Private for-profit | AZ | 973 | $52,978 | $56,690 | $37,646 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 916 | $61,606 | $89,064 | $19,000 |
| DeVry University-Illinois Lisle · Private for-profit | IL | 907 | $61,031 | $68,123 | $47,784 |
| California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 872 | $46,508 | $66,683 | $13,750 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 812 | $54,234 | $77,022 | $13,707 |
| Columbia Southern University Orange Beach · Private for-profit | AL | 782 | $65,643 | $72,709 | $26,200 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 748 | $73,444 | $113,339 | $15,000 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 739 | $57,839 | $88,022 | $17,875 |
| California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino · Public | CA | 734 | $47,165 | $64,372 | $14,818 |
| Babson College Wellesley · Private nonprofit | MA | 721 | $75,834 | $121,878 | $18,497 |
| Boston University Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 713 | $77,263 | $118,536 | $19,000 |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 708 | $47,459 | $68,423 | $14,265 |
| California State University-East Bay Hayward · Public | CA | 700 | $57,713 | $84,471 | $17,825 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington · Public | NC | 665 | $52,720 | $80,281 | $18,750 |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 653 | $53,275 | $74,743 | $18,922 |
| Montclair State University Montclair · Public | NJ | 650 | $49,359 | $71,714 | $20,500 |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg · Private nonprofit | ID | 648 | $58,552 | $80,482 | $12,119 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 645 | $65,187 | $87,564 | $21,787 |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 612 | $60,539 | $84,806 | $20,500 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 608 | $96,806 | $168,210 | $19,500 |
| Franklin University Columbus · Private nonprofit | OH | 599 | $61,392 | $72,604 | $21,091 |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham · Public | NH | 596 | $62,166 | $91,747 | $27,000 |
| University of Houston Houston · Public | TX | 581 | $60,191 | $80,357 | $15,000 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 570 | $67,464 | $85,722 | $17,800 |
| Capella University Minneapolis · Private for-profit | MN | 569 | $70,701 | $85,154 | $28,688 |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson · Public | CA | 562 | $53,334 | $68,793 | $13,000 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell · Public | MA | 556 | $58,936 | $81,869 | $24,250 |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock · Public | TX | 555 | $61,764 | $82,714 | $20,500 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 552 | $61,962 | $84,168 | $13,000 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 541 | $65,187 | $87,564 | $21,787 |
| California State University-San Marcos San Marcos · Public | CA | 538 | $54,287 | $76,504 | $14,037 |
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Quick facts: Business Administration, Management and Operations
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations?
- The College Scorecard lists 1,555 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Business Administration, Management and Operations.
- How much do Business Administration, Management and Operations graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $51,262 one year after graduation (1,077 institutions reporting) and $67,776 five years after graduation (1,083 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Business Administration, Management and Operations graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ($168,210), University of California-Berkeley ($159,620), Carnegie Mellon University ($152,349), Manhattan University ($150,562), and University of Pennsylvania ($148,970).
- How much student debt do Business Administration, Management and Operations graduates have?
- The median institution's Business Administration, Management and Operations graduates leave with $24,211 in federal student loans (1,063 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Business Administration, Management and Operations degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Southern New Hampshire University (6,202), University of Phoenix-Arizona (5,796), Western Governors University (2,685), California State University-Fullerton (2,245), and San Diego State University (2,164).
Related majors in business and management
- Accounting and Related Services
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
- Business/Commerce, General
- Business/Corporate Communications
- Business/Managerial Economics
- Construction Management
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
- Finance and Financial Management Services
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
- Hospitality Administration/Management
- Human Resources Management and Services
- Insurance
- International Business
- Management Information Systems and Services
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
- Marketing
- Real Estate
- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations
- All majors
How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Business Administration, Management and Operations (CIP code 52.02), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.