Business Administration & Management at Fairfield University

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

Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 5,513 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,066 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fairfield University in 2021, 38 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.

Fairfield U Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Fairfield U Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Fairfield U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at Fairfield U 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
	235
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools	955
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Schools	1,524

In 2021, 52 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Fairfield U. This makes it the #513 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Fairfield U Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Fairfield U is $51,604. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 25% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Fairfield U

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

Fairfield U Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 business administration students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Fairfield U, about 53% were men and 47% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Fairfield U 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 Fairfield University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Fairfield U Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students graduated with a master's degree in business administration from Fairfield U. About 52% were men and 48% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Fairfield U, 81% 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 Fairfield University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	42
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• International Business
• Marketing
• Accounting

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 CT, the home state for Fairfield University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
General and Operations Managers	30,330	$155,890
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,510	$66,800
Retail Sales Supervisors	14,960	$52,610
Management Analysts	8,450	$103,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers	8,430	$147,440

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 Stagophile under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.