Business Administration & Management at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,907. Of the 604 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 2021, 65 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.

PLU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

PLU Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at PLU 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 PLU 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
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	297
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	441
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	540
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Basic Certificate Schools	573
	656
	911

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in business administration from PLU. This makes it the #705 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of PLU Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at PLU 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 PLU

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

PLU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 65 business administration students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from PLU, about 60% were men and 40% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business administration bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	31
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

PLU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at PLU awarded 30 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

PLU 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

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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers	47,770	$124,810
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	30,250	$65,190
Retail Sales Supervisors	22,670	$52,240
Management Analysts	21,930	$104,290
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	14,920	$73,510

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.