Business Administration & Management at American University

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

The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 14,001. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 126 students received their master's degree in business administration.

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.

The American University Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at The American University

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

The American University Business Administration & Management Rankings

Business Administration Student Demographics at The American University

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

The American University Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 126 business administration students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from The American University, about 40% were men and 60% were women.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	53
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Related Majors

• International Business
• Real Estate
• Taxation
• Marketing
• Human Resource 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 DC, the home state for American University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
General and Operations Managers	25,930	$150,970
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Management Analysts	18,410	$106,210
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	5,060	$81,120
Computer and Information Systems Managers	4,020	$168,500

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 Samschoe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.