Business Administration, Management and Operations

258,714 students earn a business administration, management and operations credential each year across 2,398 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out
$45,703
Typical earnings, 5 years out
$62,691

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 1,532 colleges by graduates

1University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona$58,2681 year out2Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$60,1361 year out3Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah$66,4321 year out4California State University-FullertonFullerton, California$48,2561 year out5San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$46,2751 year out6American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia$61,6871 year out7The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona$61,4661 year out8San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California1 year out9Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona$53,7701 year out10California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California$46,5811 year out11Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia$49,7721 year out12Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado$53,1471 year out13University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland$62,6341 year out14California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California$45,7511 year out15University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado$56,0141 year out16California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California$43,7141 year out17American InterContinental University SystemChandler, Arizona$43,5281 year out18Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana$57,3081 year out19San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$48,1841 year out20California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$48,4921 year out21North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina$56,8771 year out22California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$42,0621 year out23DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, Illinois$55,1021 year out24University of California-RiversideRiverside, California$43,2131 year out25California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California$40,8171 year out26California State University-East BayHayward, California$51,5491 year out27University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina$48,3691 year out28University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$43,8051 year out29Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$69,9701 year out30Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho$53,6351 year out31California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California$71,8761 year out32Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado$54,8461 year out33Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$61,1171 year out34Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$71,5451 year out35Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey$42,3361 year out36University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire$57,0151 year out37University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts$52,6571 year out38University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan$93,6741 year out39California State University-FresnoFresno, California$42,6571 year out40Capella UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota$68,7011 year out41The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee$59,1471 year out42Columbia Southern UniversityOrange Beach, Alabama$58,4681 year out43Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona$61,1171 year out44Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama$56,9481 year out45University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$52,0321 year out46California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California$43,9051 year out47Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas$53,5281 year out48University of HoustonHouston, Texas$49,1921 year out49Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland$54,7721 year out50California State University-ChicoChico, California$46,1451 year out51Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York$43,3291 year out52Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska$60,9311 year out53Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida$45,0721 year out54Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$59,3061 year out55California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California$49,5431 year out56Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida$39,0731 year out57Franklin UniversityColumbus, Ohio$56,5881 year out58Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan$71,2531 year out59Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina$47,2601 year out60Chapman UniversityOrange, California$55,6571 year out61University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico$45,2151 year out62University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado$52,4281 year out63University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$90,0081 year out64Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$85,6821 year out65Park UniversityParkville, Missouri$53,2011 year out66CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York$37,0571 year out67Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon$47,5551 year out68University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts$49,4171 year out69Cleary UniversityHowell, Michigan$50,5731 year out70Colorado State University GlobalDenver, Colorado$69,8631 year out71University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas$56,4561 year out72University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$85,6181 year out73Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida$66,9991 year out74Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas$45,3061 year out75California State University-StanislausTurlock, California$43,8721 year out76Fort Hays State UniversityHays, Kansas$52,1291 year out77Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma$45,2001 year out78Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi$37,9751 year out79University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska$47,6631 year out80California State University-BakersfieldBakersfield, California1 year out81Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida$42,8541 year out82University of California-IrvineIrvine, California$48,7861 year out83University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado$43,3261 year out84Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey$43,5331 year out85Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah$60,1321 year out86University of CharlestonCharleston, West Virginia$63,6231 year out87Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia$73,5571 year out88Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey$58,8961 year out89University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina$43,4511 year out90East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina$45,4971 year out91Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey$46,4391 year out92Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa$57,1881 year out93Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, Kentucky$44,5641 year out94University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo, California$61,2681 year out95The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas$44,7621 year out96Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California$55,0011 year out97University at AlbanyAlbany, New York$48,6051 year out98University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts$64,1381 year out99The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas$45,5341 year out100Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania$45,0931 year out

Associate programs — top 100 of 1,148 colleges by graduates

1University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona$43,2271 year out2Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado$32,5251 year out3American InterContinental University SystemChandler, Arizona$29,9961 year out4Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$46,0511 year out5Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas$34,7321 year out6Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$30,5031 year out7Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$39,0051 year out8Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California$20,8161 year out9CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York$28,5261 year out10College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada$39,6361 year out11Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California$28,4601 year out12Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California1 year out13Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California1 year out14Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California1 year out15De Anza CollegeCupertino, California1 year out16Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California1 year out17Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California1 year out18Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California1 year out19Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma$33,0841 year out20Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California$32,5371 year out21Citrus CollegeGlendora, California1 year out22Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California1 year out23American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia$47,5181 year out24Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana$51,5101 year out25Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California1 year out26Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California1 year out27Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California1 year out28College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California1 year out29El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California1 year out30Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California1 year out31East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California1 year out32Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho1 year out33Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California1 year out34Sierra CollegeRocklin, California$28,3241 year out35CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York$29,9531 year out36Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California$30,8391 year out37Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah$37,2851 year out38Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$35,9191 year out39San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California$40,6421 year out40Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California1 year out41Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York$34,8161 year out42El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas1 year out43Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas$42,4401 year out44Cypress CollegeCypress, California1 year out45Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas1 year out46Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California$19,6991 year out47Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey$33,4731 year out48American River CollegeSacramento, California1 year out49Middlesex CollegeEdison, New Jersey$33,0901 year out50Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico$37,0101 year out51Fresno City CollegeFresno, California$27,9661 year out52Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California1 year out53Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida$31,1201 year out54Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio$45,7581 year out55County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey$25,6071 year out56Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California$28,3311 year out57Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California1 year out58Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan$35,4931 year out59Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California1 year out60Ocean County CollegeToms River, New Jersey$29,3301 year out61Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, California1 year out62San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California1 year out63Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas$43,7001 year out64Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan$37,8601 year out65J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia$32,1111 year out66Columbia Southern UniversityOrange Beach, Alabama$49,8201 year out67Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California$30,3151 year out68Chandler-Gilbert Community CollegeChandler, Arizona1 year out69Golden West CollegeHuntington Beach, California1 year out70Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California$33,6891 year out71MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California1 year out72Ventura CollegeVentura, California1 year out73University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio$44,9441 year out74Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas$41,1261 year out75Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania$37,5841 year out76Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina$37,1241 year out77Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California$29,9831 year out78CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York$22,1991 year out79Odessa CollegeOdessa, Texas$35,5071 year out80Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona1 year out81Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusSewell, New Jersey$33,6051 year out82Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California1 year out83Norco CollegeNorco, California1 year out84Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$43,4371 year out85Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California1 year out86Yuba CollegeMarysville, California1 year out87Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan$33,0861 year out88Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, Pennsylvania$32,3581 year out89Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York$29,6581 year out90Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona1 year out91CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York$24,6261 year out92Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California1 year out93Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas$32,9691 year out94Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas$31,9611 year out95Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri$34,6441 year out96Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California1 year out97Delaware County Community CollegeMedia, Pennsylvania$27,2291 year out98Clovis Community CollegeFresno, California1 year out99Essex County CollegeNewark, New Jersey$32,6381 year out100Las Positas CollegeLivermore, California1 year out

Certificate programs — top 100 of 774 colleges by graduates

1Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida1 year out2Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida$32,3381 year out3Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$38,2911 year out4Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana1 year out5Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida1 year out6University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona$48,5281 year out7Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas1 year out8Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California$56,7381 year out9Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$47,5271 year out10Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana$71,9771 year out11Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio$13,1811 year out12Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas$46,8741 year out13Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas$38,1681 year out14Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina$35,5741 year out15Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky$31,5591 year out16Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas$37,6861 year out17Spelman CollegeAtlanta, Georgia1 year out18College of Central FloridaOcala, Florida1 year out19Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska1 year out20Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California1 year out21Ensign CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah1 year out22Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida$44,9021 year out23Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky$40,9561 year out24West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky$28,6531 year out25Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia1 year out26Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado$41,5961 year out27Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California1 year out28Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky$35,1891 year out29Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida$37,0061 year out30Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin1 year out31Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia1 year out32Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia1 year out33Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia1 year out34American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia$54,4801 year out35Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida1 year out36Albany Technical CollegeAlbany, Georgia1 year out37Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina$40,2151 year out38Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky$38,4711 year out39Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky$33,1071 year out40Stanly Community CollegeAlbemarle, North Carolina1 year out41Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky$39,3061 year out42Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California1 year out43Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland1 year out44Rowan College at Burlington CountyMount Laurel, New Jersey1 year out45Gaston CollegeDallas, North Carolina1 year out46Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico1 year out47Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado1 year out48Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan1 year out49University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland1 year out50John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTanner, Alabama1 year out51Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina$35,8451 year out52Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California1 year out53Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California1 year out54Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida1 year out55Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, Kentucky$25,4821 year out56Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin$41,1181 year out57Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio, Texas1 year out58Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas1 year out59Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio1 year out60University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia$77,6101 year out61Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina1 year out62Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho$40,2831 year out63Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina$35,4851 year out64San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas1 year out65Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky$41,2511 year out66Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$45,3561 year out67Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California1 year out68Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois1 year out69Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina$17,6721 year out70The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas1 year out71Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina$23,5951 year out72Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas$47,7081 year out73Southwestern Community CollegeSylva, North Carolina$30,8991 year out74Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas1 year out75Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina$32,2301 year out76St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida1 year out77Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California1 year out78Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin$40,4261 year out79Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky1 year out80Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du Lac, Wisconsin1 year out81Surry Community CollegeDobson, North Carolina1 year out82Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio1 year out83City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California1 year out84Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin1 year out85Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia1 year out86Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina1 year out87Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas1 year out88Jefferson State Community CollegeBirmingham, Alabama1 year out89Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California1 year out90Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington, North Carolina1 year out91Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas1 year out92Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia1 year out93City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeChicago, Illinois1 year out94Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky1 year out95Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina1 year out96Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas$34,4891 year out97Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin1 year out98Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina1 year out99Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta, Georgia1 year out100Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount Pleasant, Texas$32,9491 year out

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).