Business Administration & Management at Santa Monica College

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

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and approximately 25,948 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.

SMC Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Associate’s Degree

SMC Business Administration & Management Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Business Administration Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Business Administration & Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of business administration associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in business administration graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	123
White	78
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	44

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• General Sales & Marketing
• 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 CA, the home state for Santa Monica College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	118,190	$45,310
Management Analysts	104,020	$95,310
Sales Managers	76,950	$134,010

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.