Business Administration & Management at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 287 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from Iowa.

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.

Iowa Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Iowa

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Iowa offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

Iowa Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at Iowa 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
	2
	32
	32
	67
	79
	91
	91
	195
	238
	1,141

In 2021, 343 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Iowa. This makes it the #62 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #92 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Iowa Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa is $39,929. 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 Iowa

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

Iowa Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 287 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from Iowa. About 62% were men and 38% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Iowa 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 Iowa with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	215
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Iowa Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at Iowa awarded 343 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 64% of these degrees went to men with the other 36% going to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Iowa, 69% 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 Iowa with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	237
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Iowa also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

Business Administration & Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Iowa. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	349
Organizational Leadership	287

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Accounting
• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial 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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Retail Sales Supervisors	12,810	$40,090
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	11,970	$56,970
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	10,180	$58,680
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	5,530	$65,650

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.