Business Administration & Management at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,770 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from SDSU.

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.

SDSU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

SDSU Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at SDSU 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
	20
	166
	214
	220
	275
	387
	395
	405
	444
	686
	693
	830

In 2021, 133 students received their master’s degree in business administration from SDSU. This makes it the #221 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SDSU Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $38,950. This is less than $41,334, which is the national average of all business administration majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Business Administration Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 1,770 business administration students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SDSU, about 55% were men and 45% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business administration bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	245
Black or African American	50
Hispanic or Latino	452
White	730
International Students	113
Other Races/Ethnicities	180

SDSU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 students earned a master's degree in business administration from SDSU. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	61
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

SDSU 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 San Diego State University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at San Diego State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	1,903

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Accounting
• Hospitality Management
• International Business

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	118,190	$45,310
Management Analysts	104,020	$95,310
Sales Managers	76,950	$134,010

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.