Business Administration & Management at Messiah University

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

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,370. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Messiah.

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.

Messiah Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Messiah

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Messiah does offer online courses in business administration for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Messiah Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Messiah compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Messiah 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
	53
	83
	104
	134
	183
	202
	385
	388
	501
	612
	636
	716
	853
	881
	894
	1,110

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Messiah. This makes it the #881 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Messiah Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Messiah is $41,254. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

The business administration program at Messiah awarded 31 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 77% of these degrees went to men with the other 23% going to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Messiah 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 Messiah University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	25
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Messiah Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a master's degree in Business Administration & Management from Messiah in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Messiah, 88% 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 Messiah University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Messiah 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

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 Messiah University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	43
Organizational Leadership	5

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• 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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	68,240	$60,800
Retail Sales Supervisors	46,010	$46,680
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	28,110	$62,470
Management Analysts	27,970	$90,670

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 Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.