Basic Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing

This degree is more popular with female students, and about 46% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 2.7% of business, management and marketing graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Business, Management & Marketing Majors

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 91,739 students earned their basic certificate in business, management and marketing. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in business, management and marketing at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	416,988
Master’s Degree	207,209
Associate Degree	107,498
Basic Certificate	91,739
Undergraduate Certificate	18,997
Graduate Certificate	15,936
Doctor’s Degree	3,737

Earnings of Business, Management & Marketing Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for business, management and marketing majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in business, management and marketing. About 60.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	36,546
Women	55,193

The racial-ethnic distribution of business, management and marketing basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3,978
Black or African American	14,966
Hispanic or Latino	19,611
White	42,758
International Students	2,435
Other Races/Ethnicities	7,991

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	40,893
Accounting	13,126
Business Support & Assistance	11,065
Entrepreneurial Studies	4,576
Human Resource Management	3,373

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Amit Savargaonkar under License

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