Business Administration & Management at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and has a total student population of 22,440. Of the 5,421 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo in 2021, 766 of them were business administration and management majors.

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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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
	32
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Schools	665

In 2021, 36 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. This makes it the #636 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $63,640. This is 54% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 766 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	127
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	116
White	393
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	102

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 36 students who earned a master's degree in Business Administration & Management from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2020-2021, 58% were men and 42% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Accounting
• Construction 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 CA, the home state for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	118,190	$45,310
Management Analysts	104,020	$95,310
Sales Managers	76,950	$134,010

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 Daderot under License

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