Business Administration & Management at Western Carolina University

Every business administration and management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the business administration program at Western Carolina University stacks up to those at other schools.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 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.

WCU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at WCU

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? WCU offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WCU Business Administration & Management Rankings

Business Administration Student Demographics at WCU

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

WCU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students earned a master's degree in business administration from WCU. About 42% of these graduates were women and the other 58% were men.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from WCU, 68% 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 Western Carolina University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	41
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Accounting
• 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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
General and Operations Managers	54,330	$131,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	41,320	$55,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	39,420	$45,990
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	21,290	$61,470
Management Analysts	16,970	$98,730

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.