Business Administration & Management at Central Michigan University

If you are interested in studying business administration and management, you may want to check out the program at Central Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and approximately 17,311 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 280 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Central Michigan.

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.

Central Michigan Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Central Michigan Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how Central Michigan 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 Central Michigan 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	108
Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	215
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	242
Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools	389
Best Business Administration & Management Schools	418

In 2021, 537 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Central Michigan. This makes it the #31 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from Central Michigan Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Central Michigan is $49,172. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 19% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Central Michigan

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

Central Michigan Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 280 students earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Central Michigan. About 41% of these graduates were women and the other 59% were men.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Central Michigan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	209
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Central Michigan Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at Central Michigan awarded 537 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 55% of these degrees went to men with the other 45% going to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Central Michigan, 68% 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 Central Michigan University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	76
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	366
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

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

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Corporate Communications
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing

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 MI, the home state for Central Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	33,490	$57,530
Retail Sales Supervisors	33,330	$45,300
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	30,490	$65,500
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	15,040	$68,990

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 cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.