General Business Administration and Management at Purdue University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a business administration school? To help you decide if Purdue University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business administration program.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 87 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Purdue.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Business Administration and Management section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue General Business Administration and Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Business Administration (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

Purdue General Business Administration and Management Rankings

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

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 Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Business Administration and 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
	21
	51
	68
	78
	90
	133
	216
	394
	610

In 2021, 122 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Purdue. This makes it the #217 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #35 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 87 business administration students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 52% were men and 48% were women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	57
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Purdue General Business Administration and Management Master’s Program

Of the 122 students who earned a master's degree in General Business Administration and Management from Purdue in 2020-2021, 62% were men and 38% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Purdue, 59% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	72
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Organizational Leadership

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Management Analysts	10,030	$83,000
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Industrial Production Managers	5,740	$98,840
Sales Managers	5,000	$129,020

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.