Best Colleges by Major / Business Administration, Management and Operations

Best Colleges for Business Administration, Management and Operations 2026

20 schools ranked by graduate earnings — real data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Business Administration opens doors across every industry. Graduates pursue roles in management, consulting, operations, and entrepreneurship, with strong salary trajectories and broad career flexibility.

Earnings shown are median graduate earnings 4 years after graduation (or 1 year if 4-year data is unavailable), sourced from the College Scorecard.See full major data

Top 20 Business Administration, Management and Operations Programs by Graduate Earnings

#	School	Earnings	Tuition	Accept Rate	Enrollment
1	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$123,780	$45,627	12%	33,073
2	Bismarck State College Bismarck, ND	$123,359	$7,279	N/A	2,629
3	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$123,200	$63,829	11%	7,187
4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$116,095	$58,072	18%	33,488
5	Emory University Atlanta, GA	$107,945	$60,774	11%	7,275
6	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	$105,314	$64,460	61%	7,106
7	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$105,246	$39,330	19%	20,556
8	Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$104,296	$50,850	78%	2,928
9	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$100,049	$60,952	43%	4,084
10	Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME	$98,7431yr	$30,226	61%	888
11	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	$98,403	$64,525	17%	1,884
12	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	$96,358	$6,496	69%	32,221
13	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	$93,488	$57,220	43%	10,919
14	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	$91,169	$58,222	51%	5,697
15	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$90,686	$66,104	6%	10,768
16	Babson College Wellesley, MA	$89,884	$56,032	20%	2,696
17	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$88,783	$40,306	45%	30,246
18	Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA	$88,200	$41,010	85%	3,641
19	Georgetown University Washington, DC	$88,049	$65,081	13%	7,462
20	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$87,767	$68,237	10%	20,817