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Business Administration & Management at William Rainey Harper College

Business Administration & Management at William Rainey Harper College

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

Harper College is located in Palatine, Illinois and approximately 12,199 students attend the school each year.

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.

Harper College Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Business Administration (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Business Administration

Harper College Business Administration & Management Rankings

Business Administration Student Demographics at Harper College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at William Rainey Harper College.

Harper College Business Administration & Management Associate’s Program

74% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of business administration associate's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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Harper College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in business administration graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Rainey Harper College with a associate's in business administration.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 18
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

Business Administration & Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from William Rainey Harper College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management 49

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 IL, the home state for William Rainey Harper College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers 122,790 $125,990
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 40,540 $59,170
Management Analysts 39,780 $95,110
Retail Sales Supervisors 38,510 $42,880
Sales Managers 24,800 $131,400

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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