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Business Administration & Management at Orange Coast College

If you plan to study Business Administration & Management, you may want to check out the program at Orange Coast College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Orange Coast College is in Costa Mesa, CA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 388 business administration & management degrees were awarded at Orange Coast College.

Online & Distance Learning at Orange Coast College

Distance learning is available at Orange Coast College. Of 17,096 students, 2,351 (14%) studied exclusively online and 6,320 (37%) took at least some classes online.

Business Administration & Management Rankings at Orange Coast College

These rankings give you a sense of how Orange Coast College’s Business Administration & Management program against other schools offering the same major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Nationwide	#19 of 1,935
Best Value	Far Western (Region)	#32 of 256
Best Schools (Quality)	California	#33 of 180
Best Schools (Quality)	Far Western (Region)	#39 of 258
Best Value	California	#39 of 176
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#171 of 1,908

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Business Administration & Management graduates at Orange Coast College, by degree type.

Across all degree levels, Business Administration & Management graduates at Orange Coast College are 40% women (156) and 60% men (232).

Business Administration & Management Associate’s Program at Orange Coast College

Of the 357 associate’s business administration & management degrees awarded at Orange Coast College, 41% were women (145) and 59% were men (212).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Business Administration & Management associate’s degree recipients at Orange Coast College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	74
Hispanic / Latino	100
Black / African American	3
Asian	120
American Indian / Alaska Native	1
Two or More Races	14
International (Nonresident)	39
Unknown	6

Minority students account for 67% of Business Administration & Management associate’s degree recipients at Orange Coast College, higher than the national average of 52%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Highest-Paying Careers for Business Administration & Management Graduates

Graduates of the Business Administration & Management program at Orange Coast College pursue many career paths. Here are the best-paid careers for Business Administration & Management majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Loss Prevention Managers	$165,723
Geothermal Production Managers	$160,381
Administrative Services Managers	$158,084
Facilities Managers	$157,669
Biomass Power Plant Managers	$146,025
Training and Development Managers	$139,524
Chief Executives	$138,534
Supply Chain Managers	$138,103
Security Management Specialists	$128,654
Industrial Production Managers	$126,666

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.