Business Administration & Management at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. Of the 3,499 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 149 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.

UPenn 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 UPenn

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? UPenn offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UPenn Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

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 UPenn 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 Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	64
Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	144
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	226
Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools	726

In 2021, 465 students received their master’s degree in business administration from UPenn. This makes it the #40 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #135 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UPenn Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UPenn is $75,634. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 83% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 149 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in business administration from UPenn in 2021, 49% were men and 51% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	52
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UPenn Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 465 students who earned a master's degree in Business Administration & Management from UPenn in 2020-2021, 51% were men and 49% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	92
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	222
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• International Business
• General Business/Commerce
• Accounting
• 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	68,240	$60,800
Retail Sales Supervisors	46,010	$46,680
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	28,110	$62,470
Management Analysts	27,970	$90,670

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.