Business Administration & Management at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and approximately 58,526 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 1,449 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from UMGC.

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.

UMGC 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

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UMGC does offer online courses in business administration for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMGC Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at UMGC 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 UMGC 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 Schools	7
Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	15
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
	61
	90
Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	90
	152
Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools	246
	285
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	481

In 2021, 2,081 students received their master’s degree in business administration from UMGC. This makes it the #5 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UMGC Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMGC is $52,455. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 27% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,449 students earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from UMGC. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Global Campus with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	85
Black or African American	324
Hispanic or Latino	191
White	595
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	242

UMGC Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at UMGC awarded 2,081 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	133
Black or African American	759
Hispanic or Latino	170
White	667
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	310

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• General Sales & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• General Business/Commerce
• 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.