Business Administration & Management at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and has a total student population of 40,709. Of the 8,838 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland - College Park in 2021, 205 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.

UMCP 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

UMCP Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how UMCP 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 UMCP 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
	36
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	469
Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	541
Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools	936

In 2021, 403 students received their master’s degree in business administration from UMCP. This makes it the #53 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from UMCP Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMCP is $59,679. This is 44% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 205 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in business administration from UMCP in 2021, 51% were men and 49% were women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at UMCP are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	105
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UMCP Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	132
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	145

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• International Business
• Marketing
• Accounting
• 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
General and Operations Managers	48,180	$137,700
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,670	$62,680
Retail Sales Supervisors	26,360	$46,240
Management Analysts	18,580	$98,260
Managers	14,450	$122,050

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.