Business Administration, Management and Operations

6,117 programs at U.S. colleges award 388,522 credentials a year in this field (CIP 52.02). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $68,257 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Georgia Athens, GA	$77,610	$19,550	128
Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	$71,977	$19,500	509
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	$66,278	$16,816	63
Northcentral Technical College Wausau, WI	$60,405	$9,500	78
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	$58,087	—	0
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	$56,979	$18,702	—
Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN	$56,798	$15,000	24
Cerritos College Norwalk, CA	$56,738	—	804
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$55,995	$16,406	30
American Public University System Charles Town, WV	$54,480	$7,880	196
Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	$54,060	$18,325	28
Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL	$49,753	$25,428	12
University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	$48,528	$7,125	1,282
Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR	$47,708	$21,660	103
Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA	$47,527	$10,074	613
Dallas College Dallas, TX	$46,874	$16,386	483
Marion Technical College Marion, OH	$46,334	$8,000	64
Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	$45,356	$9,250	0
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	$45,356	$9,250	122
Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL	$44,902	$12,377	290
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alva, OK	$43,590	$16,374	24
Virginia Peninsula Community College Hampton, VA	$43,047	—	18
Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA	$42,521	$12,275	40
GateWay Community College Phoenix, AZ	$42,264	—	3
Front Range Community College Westminster, CO	$41,596	$11,000	252

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide Daytona Beach, FL	$74,402	$22,925	83
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL	$74,402	$22,925	—
William Rainey Harper College Palatine, IL	$59,982	—	47
Park University Parkville, MO	$56,359	$14,662	65
Phoenix College Phoenix, AZ	$56,057	—	60
Excelsior University Albany, NY	$55,602	$10,500	85
Post University Waterbury, CT	$52,463	$34,470	132
Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	$51,510	—	314
Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL	$50,374	$7,285	123
Cleveland State Community College Cleveland, TN	$50,301	$8,750	55
Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL	$49,820	$16,640	192
Arapahoe Community College Littleton, CO	$49,531	—	20
Mendocino College Ukiah, CA	$49,145	—	40
St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL	$47,669	$19,868	53
Ohio Christian University Circleville, OH	$47,611	$19,500	19
American Public University System Charles Town, WV	$47,518	$22,707	315
North Hennepin Community College Brooklyn Park, MN	$47,361	$17,750	13
Mid-State Technical College Wisconsin Rapids, WI	$47,268	$10,375	48
Charter College Anchorage, AK	$46,989	$21,000	35
Moraine Park Technical College Fond du Lac, WI	$46,719	$10,800	30
College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL	$46,497	$15,500	32
Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA	$46,439	$11,000	24
Connecticut State Community College New Britain, CT	$46,393	—	50
Peirce College Philadelphia, PA	$46,242	$38,583	18
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	$46,051	$19,000	917

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$113,777	$26,500	45
Bismarck State College Bismarck, ND	$100,668	$15,250	40
Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME	$98,743	$27,000	—
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$95,891	$23,250	151
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$93,674	$19,000	613
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$91,443	$20,348	93
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$90,008	$11,300	428
Emory University Atlanta, GA	$85,682	$19,500	422
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$85,618	$14,239	401
City University of Seattle Seattle, WA	$79,592	$23,209	109
Golden Gate University San Francisco, CA	$77,752	$31,250	138
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$77,479	$14,975	49
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	$76,627	—	96
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	$75,038	$19,500	200
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$73,557	$21,500	351
Ranken Technical College Saint Louis, MO	$73,200	$24,287	8
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	$71,984	$24,251	122
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	$71,876	$16,633	689
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$71,675	$18,125	120
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$71,668	$15,750	—
Boston University Boston, MA	$71,545	$23,196	672
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	$71,253	$21,500	448
Brigham Young University Provo, UT	$71,163	$11,000	119
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$70,694	$27,000	91
Excelsior University Albany, NY	$70,191	$13,323	209

Highest-paying Post-baccalaureate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$127,912	—	—
University of Georgia Athens, GA	$46,754	—	—

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$224,402	$172,164	173
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$210,400	$41,420	581
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	$194,606	$92,529	11
Stanford University Stanford, CA	$193,776	$57,458	0
Yale University New Haven, CT	$192,686	$59,278	555
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$189,494	$71,452	483
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$188,502	$41,000	150
New York University New York, NY	$184,729	$102,131	168
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$182,930	$65,229	82
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$179,274	$129,912	574
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$172,128	$97,335	46
Duke University Durham, NC	$171,948	$80,630	229
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$165,798	$110,500	0
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	$164,382	$40,962	105
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$160,286	$56,932	815
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$159,326	$91,092	535
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$156,818	$90,800	10
Rice University Houston, TX	$150,476	$41,000	8
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	$149,800	$58,052	29
University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	$149,800	$58,052	46
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$149,800	$58,052	385
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$149,786	$90,787	155
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$147,613	$98,440	401
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	$147,168	—	28
Babson College Wellesley, MA	$145,036	$50,194	440

Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, IN	$142,056	$80,210	10
University of South Florida Tampa, FL	$133,082	$98,636	27
Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	$117,440	—	33
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	$117,169	—	0
St. John Fisher University Rochester, NY	$107,064	$97,204	35
Capella University Minneapolis, MN	$106,680	$86,947	116
The Chicago School at Washington DC Washington, DC	$104,532	$145,288	11
The Chicago School at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$104,532	$145,288	12
The Chicago School at Anaheim Anaheim, CA	$104,532	$145,288	0
The Chicago School at Chicago Chicago, IL	$104,532	$145,288	7
Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio, TX	$97,739	$86,192	29
Northcentral University San Diego, CA	$96,209	$79,172	174
Walden University Minneapolis, MN	$95,542	$115,920	291
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO	$81,703	$82,000	—
Saint Leo University Saint Leo, FL	$79,828	$87,125	22
University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	$79,258	$76,500	66
University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY	$78,503	$32,333	156
Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC	$76,129	$51,147	27
The University of Arizona Global Campus Chandler, AZ	$72,039	$17,270	9

Highest-paying First professional degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$208,670	$68,085	—
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$205,703	$41,000	—
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$135,092	$48,563	—
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$113,609	$49,367	—

Highest-paying Graduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Wayne State University Detroit, MI	$118,387	—	24
Seattle University Seattle, WA	$117,873	$44,537	69
University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	$113,614	$45,864	53
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	$112,651	$29,500	290
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$96,678	$79,250	146
Champlain College Burlington, VT	$88,160	$28,745	52
East Carolina University Greenville, NC	$85,014	—	58
Webster University Saint Louis, MO	$83,542	$48,869	56
Capella University Minneapolis, MN	$80,866	$33,650	0
Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	$79,306	—	17
Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	$78,478	—	79
University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	$72,340	$47,509	68
DeVry University-Virginia Arlington, VA	$71,245	$46,692	0
DeVry University-Texas Irving, TX	$71,245	$46,692	0
DeVry University-Ohio Columbus, OH	$71,245	$46,692	0
DeVry University-Nevada Henderson, NV	$71,245	$46,692	0
DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, IL	$71,245	$46,692	294
DeVry University-Georgia Decatur, GA	$71,245	$46,692	0
DeVry University-Florida Orlando, FL	$71,245	$46,692	0
DeVry University-California Ontario, CA	$71,245	$46,692	0
DeVry University-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	$71,245	$46,692	0
DeVry College of New York New York, NY	$71,245	$46,692	0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT	$66,451	—	0
University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT	$66,451	—	0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT	$66,451	—	0