Business Administration & Management at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and approximately 4,020 students attend the school each year. Of the 626 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia State University in 2021, 36 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.

Virginia State Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

Virginia State Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Virginia State 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 Virginia State 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	886
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How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from Virginia State Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia State is $31,564. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

The business administration program at Virginia State awarded 36 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% 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 Virginia State University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• Management Information Systems
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Accounting
• 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 VA, the home state for Virginia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Management Analysts	49,510	$105,700
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,820	$61,190
Retail Sales Supervisors	32,140	$47,330
Managers	17,280	$134,500

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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.