Business Administration & Management at University of Massachusetts Amherst

What traits are you looking for in a business administration school? To help you decide if University of Massachusetts Amherst is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business administration program.

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 31,642 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 432 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.

UMass Amherst Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMass Amherst

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

UMass Amherst Business Administration & Management Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #85 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 432 students who graduated with a master’s in business administration from UMass Amherst in 2021, 65% were men and 35% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from UMass Amherst, 56% 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 University of Massachusetts Amherst with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	72
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	242
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Accounting

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	39,360	$64,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	28,180	$47,710
Management Analysts	22,580	$110,150
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620

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 Lion Hirth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.