Business Administration & Management at William & Mary

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what William & Mary has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

William & Mary is located in Williamsburg, Virginia and approximately 8,939 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,983 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2021, 190 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.

William & Mary Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

William & Mary Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at William & Mary 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 William & Mary 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	68
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	208

In 2021, 329 students received their master’s degree in business administration from William & Mary. This makes it the #68 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from William & Mary Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at William & Mary is $66,977. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 62% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at William & Mary

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at William & Mary.

William & Mary Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 190 business administration students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from William & Mary, about 57% were men and 43% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at William & Mary 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 William & Mary with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	129
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

William & Mary Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 329 business administration majors earned their master's degree from William & Mary. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from William & Mary, 62% 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 William & Mary with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	205
International Students	38
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

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

Related Majors

• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 VA, the home state for William & Mary.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Management Analysts	49,510	$105,700
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,820	$61,190
Retail Sales Supervisors	32,140	$47,330
Managers	17,280	$134,500

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 Jrcla2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.