Business Administration & Management at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 170 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from UAB.

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.

UAB Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Business Administration (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

UAB Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at UAB 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 UAB 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 Master’s Degree Schools	113
	159
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	599

In 2021, 237 students received their master’s degree in business administration from UAB. This makes it the #114 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from UAB Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $45,512. This is 10% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 170 business administration students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UAB, about 55% were men and 45% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at UAB 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	99
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UAB Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 237 students who earned a master's degree in Business Administration & Management from UAB in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from UAB, 64% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	151
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UAB also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.