The decision behind the data
What to compare before choosing
A business administration label can cover very different curricula. Some programs emphasize management and operations; others make it easier to add accounting, analytics, marketing or entrepreneurship. Compare the actual course map, not just the degree title.
The federal data can tell you which schools report the program and what their aided graduates’ outcomes looked like. It cannot tell you whether a concentration, internship or first job will fit your goals. That is the next question to ask each school.
Explore 3,971 undergraduate program records connected to business administration. Data coverage varies by measure and school.
Questions worth asking each school
- Identify two or three target roles before comparing schools. Ask each program how students gain relevant work experience and how concentrations are recorded.
- Compare debt and observed earnings within the same credential level; compare your own likely net cost with an aid offer.
- Ask what share of required courses are offered when you need them, especially if you plan to work or transfer credits.
Read earnings with the right context
Business administration connects to many occupations, so one national occupation wage would falsely imply a single career outcome. The program earnings shown by CampusWorth are historical observations for aided completers, not a forecast of your salary or a measure of how much a school’s brand caused it.
Make the comparison personal
Open the business administration results, choose a credential and state, then compare the schools’ curricula and experience opportunities alongside the federal outcomes.
Where the numbers come from
CampusWorth uses the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study release dated June 10, 2026, and its current institution catalog. Program earnings are observed median earnings of federally aided completers four years after completion; suppressed values are shown as unavailable. National occupation wages come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2025 estimates. These datasets describe different groups and cannot prove that a school caused an earnings difference.