Business Administration & Management at Western Washington University

If you are interested in studying business administration and management, you may want to check out the program at Western Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 158 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from WWU.

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.

WWU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

WWU Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at WWU 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 WWU 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 Business Administration & Management Schools	533
	616
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	984
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	1,066

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in business administration from WWU. This makes it the #753 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of WWU Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at WWU is $42,166. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at WWU

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

WWU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of business administration bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at WWU 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 Western Washington University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	120
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

WWU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a master's degree in Business Administration & Management from WWU in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from WWU, 69% 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 Western Washington University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WWU 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
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• 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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers	47,770	$124,810
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	30,250	$65,190
Retail Sales Supervisors	22,670	$52,240
Management Analysts	21,930	$104,290
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	14,920	$73,510

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.