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Undergraduate Certificate in Business Administration & Management

Undergraduate Certificates in Business Administration & Management

5,953 Yearly Graduations
$40,215 Median Salary
$6,000 Median Debt
Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 43% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 1.8% of business administration graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Business Administration Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 5,953 people earned their undergraduate certificate in business administration. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in business administration at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 161,468
Master’s Degree 120,872
Associate Degree 60,022
Basic Certificate 36,279
Graduate Certificate 7,027
Undergraduate Certificate 5,953
Doctor’s Degree 3,606

Earnings of Business Administration Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in business administration is $40,215. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $32,949 and the high is $48,528.

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Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in business administration is $6,000. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $7,255 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $6,000.

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Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $71.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in business administration. About 63.6% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 2,169
Women 3,784
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The racial-ethnic distribution of business administration undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 185
Black or African American 970
Hispanic or Latino 1,150
White 3,123
International Students 108
Other Races/Ethnicities 417
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to business administration that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting 4,152
Business Support & Assistance 3,192
Business & Commerce 1,474
Hospitality Management 686
Entrepreneurial Studies 593

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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