Business Administration & Management at American University

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

The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 14,001. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 218 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from The American University.

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.

The American University Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at The American University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? The American University offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

The American University Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how The American University performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at The American University 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
	37
	123
	184
	193
	223
	957
	1,278

In 2021, 126 students received their master’s degree in business administration from The American University. This makes it the #239 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of The American University Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at The American University is $50,809. This is 23% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at The American University

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

The American University Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 218 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from The American University in 2020-2021, 48% were men and 52% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	84
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

The American University Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 126 business administration students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from The American University, about 40% were men and 60% were women.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	53
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

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

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

Business Administration & Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from American University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	308
Interior Design Management	27
Project Management	9

Related Majors

• International Business
• Real Estate
• Taxation
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management

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 DC, the home state for American University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
General and Operations Managers	25,930	$150,970
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Management Analysts	18,410	$106,210
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	5,060	$81,120
Computer and Information Systems Managers	4,020	$168,500

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 Samschoe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.