Business Administration & Management at Iowa State University

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

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,998 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University in 2021, 350 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.

Iowa State Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Iowa State Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Business Administration & Management Schools	102
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	976

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in business administration from Iowa State. This is the #1,126 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Iowa State Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa State is $50,665. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 23% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

The business administration program at Iowa State awarded 350 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Iowa 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	281
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Iowa State also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Business/Managerial Economics
• General Sales & Marketing
• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Retail Sales Supervisors	12,810	$40,090
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	11,970	$56,970
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	10,180	$58,680
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	5,530	$65,650

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.