Business Administration & Management at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 287 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Iowa.

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.

Iowa Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Iowa

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Iowa does offer online education options in business administration for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Iowa Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at Iowa 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
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In 2021, 343 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Iowa. This makes it the #62 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 Iowa Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa is $39,929. This is less than $41,334, which is the national average of all business administration majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 287 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in business administration from Iowa in 2021, 62% were men and 38% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Iowa 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 Iowa with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	215
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Iowa Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Iowa, 69% 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 Iowa with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	237
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Insurance
• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Retail Sales Supervisors	12,810	$40,090
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	11,970	$56,970
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	10,180	$58,680
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	5,530	$65,650

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.