Business Administration & Management at Polk State College

If you are interested in studying business administration and management, you may want to check out the program at Polk State College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Polk State is located in Winter Haven, Florida and has a total student population of 9,961. Of the 453 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Polk State College in 2021, 252 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.

Polk State Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Polk State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Polk State offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Polk State Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how Polk State performed in these rankings.

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 Polk 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
Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Schools	43
Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Basic Certificate Schools	48
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Basic Certificate Schools	120
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Basic Certificate Schools	204
Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	266
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	318
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	602
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	719
Best Business Administration & Management Schools	795
	1,154

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from Polk State Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Polk State is $36,616. 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 Polk State

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

Polk State Business Administration & Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of business administration associate's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in business administration at Polk State are white. Around 71% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	32
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Polk State Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 252 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from Polk State. About 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Polk State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Polk State College with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	53
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	135
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Polk 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

• 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 FL, the home state for Polk State College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	107,150	$55,680
Retail Sales Supervisors	86,300	$46,090
Management Analysts	44,770	$79,630
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	30,220	$61,120

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.