Business Administration & Management at William Rainey Harper College

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

Harper College is located in Palatine, Illinois and approximately 12,199 students attend the school each year.

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.

Harper College Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Business Administration (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Business Administration

Harper College Business Administration & Management 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.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Harper College

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

Harper College Business Administration & Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of business administration associate's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in business administration at Harper College are white. Around 59% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Rainey Harper College with a associate's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 William Rainey Harper College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	49

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• Accounting
• Business Support & Assistant Services

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 IL, the home state for William Rainey Harper College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Management Analysts	39,780	$95,110
Retail Sales Supervisors	38,510	$42,880
Sales Managers	24,800	$131,400

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.