General Business Administration and Management at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 44,474 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 243 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Business Administration and Management section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue General Business Administration and Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Business Administration (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Purdue does offer online courses in business administration for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Purdue General Business Administration and Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Purdue 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 Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Business Administration and 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
Most Popular General Business Administration and Management Basic Certificate Schools	10
Best General Business Administration and Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	29
Most Popular General Business Administration and Management Schools	58
Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	69
Most Focused General Business Administration and Management Basic Certificate Schools	79
Most Focused General Business Administration and Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	80
Most Popular General Business Administration and Management Master’s Degree Schools	154
Most Focused General Business Administration and Management Schools	1,158
Most Focused General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,192

In 2019, 180 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Purdue. This makes it the #154 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 243 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Business Administration and Management from Purdue in 2018-2019, 52% were men and 48% were women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	148
International Students	56
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Purdue General Business Administration and Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at Purdue awarded 180 master's degrees in 2018-2019. About 57% of these degrees went to men with the other 43% going to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	86
International Students	62
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2019, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Organizational Leadership

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Management Analysts	10,030	$83,000
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Industrial Production Managers	5,740	$98,840
Sales Managers	5,000	$129,020

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.