Business Administration & Management at University of California - Merced

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

UC Merced is located in Merced, California and has a total student population of 9,018. Of the 241 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Merced in 2021, 208 of them were business administration and management majors.

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.

UC Merced Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

UC Merced Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at UC Merced 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 UC Merced 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
	187
	441
	483
	562
	676
	696
	827
	954
	1,131
	1,628

Earnings of UC Merced Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Merced is $41,245. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UC Merced

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

UC Merced Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 208 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from UC Merced. About 62% were men and 38% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 University of California - Merced with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	46
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	109
White	13
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UC Merced 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 University of California - Merced. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	208

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 University of California - Merced.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.