Business Administration & Management at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,356 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville in 2021, 450 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.

UT Knoxville Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

UT Knoxville Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville 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 Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	370
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	709
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	746

In 2021, 228 students received their master’s degree in business administration from UT Knoxville. This makes it the #123 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #114 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UT Knoxville Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Knoxville is $54,030. This is 31% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

The business administration program at UT Knoxville awarded 450 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at UT Knoxville 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 Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	364
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

UT Knoxville Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 228 students earned a master's degree in business administration from UT Knoxville. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from UT Knoxville, 78% 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 Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	177
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UT Knoxville also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Construction Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Hospitality Management
• Human Resource Management
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
General and Operations Managers	41,980	$110,580
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	35,680	$56,600
Retail Sales Supervisors	32,290	$43,520
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	18,480	$59,130
Managers	14,480	$83,010

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
• Image Credit: By Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.