Business Administration & Management at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 6,920.

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.

WPI Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

WPI Business Administration & Management Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #149 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at WPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

WPI Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from WPI, 61% 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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

If you plan to be a business administration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	26

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• General Business/Commerce

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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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 Runningonbrains under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.