Business Administration & Management at Rio Salado College

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

Rio Salado College is located in Tempe, Arizona and approximately 17,362 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.

Rio Salado College Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Rio Salado College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Associate’s Degree

Rio Salado College Business Administration & Management 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.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Rio Salado College

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

Rio Salado College Business Administration & Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of business administration associate's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in business administration at Rio Salado College are white. Around 56% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Rio Salado College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in business administration graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 Rio Salado College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	29
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	7
Organizational Leadership	2
Retail Management	1

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Insurance
• General Business/Commerce
• Accounting
• 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 AZ, the home state for Rio Salado College.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
General and Operations Managers	50,540	$102,470
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	36,130	$54,670
Retail Sales Supervisors	24,730	$41,680
Management Analysts	10,830	$85,890
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	10,720	$63,860

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.