Business Administration & Management at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 170 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from UAB.

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.

UAB Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Business Administration (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

UAB Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how UAB 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 UAB 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
	69
	113
	159
	173
	387
	458
	461
	567
	599
	607
	726
	916
	1,184

In 2021, 237 students received their master’s degree in business administration from UAB. This makes it the #114 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UAB Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $45,512. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of business administration bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at UAB 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	99
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UAB Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at UAB awarded 237 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from UAB, 64% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	151
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UAB 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Alabama at Birmingham. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	342
Interior Design Management	65

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers	28,600	$118,440
Retail Sales Supervisors	21,110	$42,080
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	19,240	$54,030
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	13,570	$60,840
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	8,510	$64,120

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.