Business Administration & Management at University of California - Irvine

Every business administration and management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the business administration program at University of California - Irvine stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 379 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Irvine.

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.

UC Irvine Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at UC Irvine 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	39
	52
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	160
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	730
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Schools	1,787

In 2021, 175 students received their master’s degree in business administration from UC Irvine. This makes it the #167 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #92 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UC Irvine Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Irvine is $47,857. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 16% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 379 business administration majors earned their bachelor's degree from UC Irvine. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 University of California - Irvine with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	234
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	42
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UC Irvine Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	65
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	66
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UC Irvine also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

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
• Image Credit: By TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.