Business Administration & Management at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a total student population of 37,840. Of the 8,062 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama in 2021, 404 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.

UA Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

UA Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at UA 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 Master’s Degree Schools	215
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	349
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	627

In 2021, 200 students received their master’s degree in business administration from UA. This makes it the #144 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from UA Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UA is $42,470. This is 3% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of business administration bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	327
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

UA Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 200 students earned a master's degree in business administration from UA. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 63% were men.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from UA, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	162
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UA also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality Management
• Management Information Systems
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers	28,600	$118,440
Retail Sales Supervisors	21,110	$42,080
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	19,240	$54,030
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	13,570	$60,840
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	8,510	$64,120

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
• Image Credit: By Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.