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2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

There are about 1,543,224 students enrolled in Business Administration and Management in the USA.

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popularity

Very Popular

Compared to national avg.

Diplomas received last year

386,855

Vs. National Avg.

2347%

popularity Rank

#1

cost

Very Affordable

Compared to national avg.

Median degree cost

$20K

Vs. National Avg.

-17%

cost Rank

#321

salary

Low Paying

Compared to national avg.

Average Salary Two Years Out of School

$37K

Vs. National Avg.

-8%

salary Rank

#341

professors

Not Very Good

Compared to national avg.

Professor Rating

C+

Vs. National Avg.

-10%

professors Rank

#365

students

Not Very Diverse

Compared to national avg.

Diversity Rating

C+

Vs. National Avg.

-2%

students Rank

#293

SUMMARY

Majoring in Business Administration and Management is a valuable choice and generally a critical first step for scholars aspiring to enter a career as a corporate executive, a human capital psychologist, or an executive recruiter. Interestingly, business administration and management is an extremely popular degree choice, ranking as the 2nd most popular major. Last year, there were 146,366 business administration and management degrees conferred. In-state tuition for business administration and management at private colleges is, on average, 3.4 times more costly than their public peers.

With a staggering 1515 schools having programs for this degree chances are that any colleges you are looking at will have a degree program for you. If you're looking to surround yourself with other business administration and management majors, look at colleges in California which have the most students admitted to business administration and management annually. less precisely, the top region to get a degree in business administration and management is in the Southeast region with Liberty University, American Public University System, and Columbia Southern University best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the best conference to study business administration and management is the California Collegiate Athletic Association with California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, California State University-Los Angeles, and San Francisco State University representing the conference. Based on our list of the best colleges, our choice for the best college for business administration and management is University of Pennsylvania.

The 'best' school might not actually be the best school for you. There are a bunch more angels to think about when selecting institution. Things like campus amenities, transportation services, and food might definitely impact your thoughts on where to go to school. Here at Authority, we have examined the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you want to know which business administration and management school is home to the superior campus, the winner is Boston University. If you are very interested in which university has the top campus, then we have a whole page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, professor reviews, government databases, and more so we can compare all U.S. majors in an unbiased and informative way. You can explore our well researched list for the universities with the best student life&nbsphere and, from that list, our choice for the school with the best student life for business administration and management is Georgetown University. Are you curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about Authority's top selections. Some of our decisions will probably surprise you.

If expense is a significant factor in your decisions, you might be cautious about Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia University in the City of New York&nbspis the most expensive college for business administration and management, at least for out of state enrollment. We have a page for the most expensive&nbspuniversities that could put the cost of Columbia University in the City of New York&nbspinto perspective. Additionally, you may care to know that business administration and management is the 44th most expensive degree in the United States, with an average associated cost of $50,200. To zoom out a little, the most costly state for business administration and management nationally is Vermont at Champlain College, Saint Michael's College, and Saint Michael's College - - of $41,728, $45,050, and $45,050. Even more broadly, the most costly region of the U.S. for business administration and management is the New England region which is best demonstrated with Babson College with a cost of $52,608, Boston University with a cost of $54,720, and Wheaton College with a cost of $54,118.

Our cheapest region for business administration and management is the Southwest region which is represented by Dine College with a cost of $1,320, Oklahoma Panhandle State University with a cost of $4,440, and Brazosport College with a cost of $4,052. On the bright side, the most affordable school for business administration and management is University of Management and Technology. Our comprehensive list of the most affordable universities can be found here.

In-state learners can anticipate paying about $9,100 for a degree in business administration and management. That cost swells substantially to a median of $19,900 for an out-of-state public-school student. As such, you might be interested in our choice for the school representing the best value for business administration and management: University of Pennsylvania. Through this link you can see our comprehensive list of the colleges we see as being the best value&nbspoverall. Bear in mind, this discussion is based on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when it comes to in-state tuition, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

Earnings for business administration and management majors vary a lot, but within two years graduation graduates will often earn around $62,200. While there is a lot of variation in salary; top positions can make up to $114,700. Even straight out of college, the minimum earning positions within the business administration and management field make $33,900, which is an alright wage. The top earning grads for business administration and management have come from Babson College&nbspand if you want to find the universities with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.

The all-around diversity of business administration and management ranks very high, being in the 94th percentile of all programs. The college with the most composite diversity for business administration and management is Hult International Business School&nbspand here you can find our general list for the schools which have the most diversity. The financial diversity of Business Administration and Management only is within the 28th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is actually above financial diversity, in the 92nd percentile. White collegians compose the largest proportion, 47%, of students studying business administration and management. Additionally, 59% of undergraduates seeking a business administration and management major are men.

The median ranking for business administration and management professors is 4 stars, a score which is actually the median score across all majors; this is a fine. If you want the most popular business administration and management professor nationally, look no further than Vijay Patel at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It might come as a surprise, but the top rated instructors for business administration and management by student are at CUNY Bernard M Baruch College. As we consider information beyond just rankings we find that the university possessing comprehensively the best professors for business administration and management is Columbia University in the City of New York. One can find an explanation of our evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, as well as many of the finest instructors in the country.

Finally, the hardest college to get into for business administration and management is Columbia University in the City of New York. While we do not necessarily see the value in it, we have a general page of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you believe that approaching university with a perspective only informed by superlatives can create problems. We hope you look at some of our other pages on different topics and peruse a couple of our insightful background pages on important details to think about as your college search continues.

Top 25 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

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A+

Rating

#1 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Babson College

Wellesley, MA | www.babson.edu/

27%

Acceptance

3,987

Students

#25

Ranking

$54K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#2 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

University of Management and Technology

Arlington, VA | www.umtweb.edu/

0%

Acceptance

1,141

Students

#430

Ranking

$9K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#3 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Southern States University

San Diego, CA | www.ssu.edu/

100%

Acceptance

504

Students

#530

Ranking

$6K

Tuition

A

Rating

#4 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Hult International Business School

Cambridge, MA | www.hult.edu/

45%

Acceptance

2,431

Students

#203

Ranking

$50K

Tuition

B+

Rating

#5 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Lincoln University

Oakland, CA | www.lincolnuca.edu/

0%

Acceptance

522

Students

#572

Ranking

$11K

Tuition

A

Rating

#6 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Rollins College

Winter Park, FL | www.rollins.edu/

61%

Acceptance

3,363

Students

#229

Ranking

$54K

Tuition

B

Rating

#7 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Northwood University

Midland, MI | www.northwood.edu/

77%

Acceptance

3,582

Students

#754

Ranking

$29K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#8 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA | www.usc.edu/

16%

Acceptance

52,376

Students

#28

Ranking

$60K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#9 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

California State University-Fullerton

Fullerton, CA | www.fullerton.edu/

68%

Acceptance

46,245

Students

#490

Ranking

$19K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#10 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA | https://www.richmond.edu/

31%

Acceptance

4,534

Students

#70

Ranking

$57K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#11 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Pomona, CA | www.cpp.edu/

65%

Acceptance

29,687

Students

#397

Ranking

$19K

Tuition

B

Rating

#12 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

University of the Potomac-VA Campus

FALLS CHURCH, VA | www.potomac.edu/

0%

Acceptance

321

Students

#790

Ranking

$7K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#13 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Duke University

Durham, NC | www.duke.edu/

8%

Acceptance

17,855

Students

#6

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#14 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA | www.upenn.edu/

9%

Acceptance

30,688

Students

#7

Ranking

$60K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#15 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Rice University

Houston, TX | www.rice.edu/

11%

Acceptance

8,005

Students

#22

Ranking

$51K

Tuition

B+

Rating

#16 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Golden Gate University-San Francisco

San Francisco, CA | www.ggu.edu/

0%

Acceptance

3,373

Students

#640

Ranking

$12K

Tuition

B+

Rating

#17 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

IGlobal University

Vienna, VA | www.igu.edu/

0%

Acceptance

522

Students

#576

Ranking

$14K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#18 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA | calpoly.edu/

38%

Acceptance

22,817

Students

#114

Ranking

$26K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#19 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA | www.harvard.edu/

5%

Acceptance

41,024

Students

#3

Ranking

$54K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#20 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA | www.sdsu.edu/

37%

Acceptance

38,336

Students

#154

Ranking

$20K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#21 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI | https://umich.edu/

26%

Acceptance

49,530

Students

#33

Ranking

$52K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#22 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Boston University

Boston, MA | www.bu.edu/

20%

Acceptance

42,047

Students

#35

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#23 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Stanford University

Stanford, CA | www.stanford.edu/

5%

Acceptance

20,961

Students

#2

Ranking

$56K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#24 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Yale University

New Haven, CT | https://www.yale.edu/

7%

Acceptance

14,910

Students

#8

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A

Rating

#25 2023 Best Colleges for Business Administration and Management

Averett University-Non-Traditional Programs

Danville, VA | https://gps.averett.edu/

9%

Acceptance

701

Students

#299

Ranking

$12K

Tuition

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