Education & Training
Business Administration
Business Administration, Management and Operations
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Actuaries Bachelor's degree
- Administrative Services Managers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes Bachelor's degree
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Master's degree
- Business Continuity Planners Bachelor's degree
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary Doctoral or professional degree
- Chief Executives Master's degree
- Clinical Research Coordinators Bachelor's degree
- Compensation and Benefits Managers Bachelor's degree
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists Bachelor's degree
- Computer and Information Systems Managers Bachelor's degree
- Construction Managers Associate degree
- Cost Estimators Bachelor's degree
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary Master's degree
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling Bachelor's degree
- Facilities Managers Associate degree
- Financial Managers Bachelor's degree
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Master's degree
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers High school diploma
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Associate degree
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Certificate or apprenticeship
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers High school diploma
- Fitness and Wellness Coordinators Bachelor's degree
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts Bachelor's degree
- Fundraisers Bachelor's degree
- Fundraising Managers Bachelor's degree
- General and Operations Managers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Human Resources Managers Bachelor's degree
- Human Resources Specialists Bachelor's degree
- Industrial Production Managers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Insurance Underwriters Bachelor's degree
- Investment Fund Managers Master's degree
- Logisticians Bachelor's degree
- Logistics Analysts Bachelor's degree
- Logistics Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Loss Prevention Managers Bachelor's degree
- Management Analysts Bachelor's degree
- Medical and Health Services Managers Bachelor's degree
- Natural Sciences Managers Master's degree
- Online Merchants Certificate or apprenticeship
- Project Management Specialists Bachelor's degree
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products Bachelor's degree
- Purchasing Managers Bachelor's degree
- Quality Control Systems Managers Bachelor's degree
- Regulatory Affairs Managers Bachelor's degree
- Sales Managers Bachelor's degree
- Security Management Specialists Bachelor's degree
- Security Managers Bachelor's degree
- Social and Community Service Managers Bachelor's degree
- Spa Managers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Supply Chain Managers Bachelor's degree
- Training and Development Managers Bachelor's degree
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Bachelor's degree
- Treasurers and Controllers Bachelor's degree
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $42,988 | $49,749 | $13,880 | 1,076 |
| Associate degree | $40,932 | $48,815 | $13,375 | 1,331 |
| Bachelor's degree | $51,563 | $64,515 | $22,250 | 1,662 |
| Master's degree | $77,658 | $93,726 | $34,154 | 1,250 |
| Doctoral degree | $102,991 | $109,689 | $82,952 | 269 |
| Professional degree | $161,904 | $152,576 | $46,128 | 32 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.