Business Administration & Management at Boston College

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what Boston College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 14,934. Of the 1,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Boston College in 2021, 94 of them were business administration and management majors.

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.

Boston College Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Boston College Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Boston College 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 Boston College 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
	14
	81
	96
	241
	435
	441
	533
	1,013

In 2021, 273 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Boston College. This makes it the #97 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from Boston College Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Boston College is $66,885. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 62% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Boston College. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Boston College 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 Boston College with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	55
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Boston College Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 273 students earned a master's degree in business administration from Boston College. About 41% of these graduates were women and the other 59% were men.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Boston College, 55% 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 Boston College with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	150
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	45

Boston College 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

The following business administration concentations are available at Boston College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Boston College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	218
Organizational Leadership	63
Interior Design Management	62
Operations Management	24

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Accounting

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 Boston College.

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 Harvey D. Egan under License

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