Business Administration & Management at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and has a total student population of 20,720. Of the 4,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University in 2021, 158 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.

Illinois State Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Illinois State Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

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 Illinois State 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 Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	61
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	256
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	307
Best Business Administration & Management Schools	333
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In 2021, 84 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Illinois State. This makes it the #349 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Illinois State Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Illinois State is $41,050. This is less than $41,334, which is the national average of all business administration majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Illinois State

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

Illinois State Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 158 business administration students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Illinois State, about 76% were men and 24% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Illinois State 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 Illinois State University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	124
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Illinois State Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 84 students who earned a master's degree in Business Administration & Management from Illinois State in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Illinois State 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 Information Systems
• International Business
• Insurance
• Construction Management
• 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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Willjay under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.