Business Administration & Management at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 122 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.

Purdue Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

Purdue Business Administration & Management Rankings

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #49 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 Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 122 students who graduated with a master’s in business administration from Purdue in 2021, 62% were men and 38% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Purdue, 59% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	72
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	28,970	$55,210
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	26,260	$60,730
Retail Sales Supervisors	25,130	$40,280
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	11,230	$63,950

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.