Business Administration & Management at American University

What traits are you looking for in a business administration school? To help you decide if American University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business administration program.

The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 14,001 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 218 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from The American University.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

The American University Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at The American University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? The American University offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

The American University Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how The American University performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at The American University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	37
	193
Best Business Administration & Management Schools	223
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Schools	1,278

In 2021, 126 students received their master’s degree in business administration from The American University. This makes it the #239 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from The American University Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at The American University is $50,809. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 23% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at The American University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at American University.

The American University Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 218 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in business administration from The American University in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	84
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

The American University Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at The American University awarded 126 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	53
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

The American University also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Business
• Real Estate
• Taxation
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for American University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
General and Operations Managers	25,930	$150,970
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Management Analysts	18,410	$106,210
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	5,060	$81,120
Computer and Information Systems Managers	4,020	$168,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Samschoe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.