Business Administration & Management at Shorter University

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

Shorter is located in Rome, Georgia and approximately 1,410 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 49 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from Shorter.

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.

Shorter Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Shorter

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, Shorter does offer online courses in business administration for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Shorter Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Shorter 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 Shorter 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
	83
	115
	150
	210
	274
	367
	400
	403
	498
	526
	700
	719
	762
	768
	872
	885
	1,072

In 2021, 55 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Shorter. This makes it the #498 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Shorter Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Shorter is $43,806. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Shorter

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

Shorter Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from Shorter in 2020-2021, 37% were men and 63% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Shorter 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 Shorter University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Shorter Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 business administration majors earned their master's degree from Shorter. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Shorter, 56% 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 Shorter University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	104

Related Majors

• 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 GA, the home state for Shorter University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	48,300	$56,540
Retail Sales Supervisors	36,500	$43,760
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	21,660	$59,640
Management Analysts	21,380	$93,530

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 Thomson200 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.