Business Administration & Management at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 31,642 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 280 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from UMass Amherst.

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.

UMass Amherst Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Business Administration (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at UMass Amherst

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UMass Amherst offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

UMass Amherst Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at UMass Amherst 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 UMass Amherst 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
	59
Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	136
Best Value Business Administration & Management Basic Certificate Schools	260
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,150
Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools	1,248

In 2021, 432 students received their master’s degree in business administration from UMass Amherst. This makes it the #49 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #85 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from UMass Amherst Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMass Amherst is $54,919. This is 33% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 280 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from UMass Amherst in 2020-2021, 51% were men and 49% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at UMass Amherst 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 Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	192
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

UMass Amherst Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at UMass Amherst awarded 432 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 65% of these degrees went to men with the other 35% going to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from UMass Amherst, 56% 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 Massachusetts Amherst with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	72
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	242
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

UMass Amherst also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	39,360	$64,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	28,180	$47,710
Management Analysts	22,580	$110,150
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620

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 Lion Hirth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.