Start Your Career in Business Administration with Online Study
Whether you want to start your own business or obtain a high paying position in a business that already has a successful history behind it, you will find that an online degree in business administration will give you knowledge and practical application skills about running a business in a 21st century world that are not easily obtained by relying on experience alone. Also, the salary for a business administration major, depending on the particular subject area can be thousands more than that for a person who simply takes business courses as electives. The median salary for a person with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance, for example, is $90,000, according to Syndicate Pay Scale Data.
Schools: Both Online and On-Campus:
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Everest
University Online has campuses
in ten cities in Florida, but it also offers
the same degrees to online students. The school offers
these online programs to students interested in the business
world: Associate in Business, Accounting or Medical Insurance
Billing; Bachelor of Science in Business, Accounting or Applied
Management; Master of Business Administration.
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Kaplan
University offers an extensive
choice of degrees in Business Administration both online
and at seventy-five campus locations. Among the online
choices are Associate Degrees in Management or Accounting;
Bachelor of Science degrees in Management, Accounting, Finance,
etc; and Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship,
Finance, Marketing, Management or Information Technology.
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AIU
Online
American InterContinental University
operates as both an online school and a university
with campuses in five states. AIU also has a "Study
Abroad" program. AIU has an extensive Associate Degree in
Business program with five concentrations. Those studying
for a bachelor or Master of Business Administration degree
can choose from nine majors like Marketing and Accounting.
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Baker
College has thirteen campuses
in Michigan, but it also operates as a worldwide
online college. Online degrees in business
include bachelor’s degrees in eleven majors, Associate
degrees in eleven majors, Master of Business Administration
in eight majors, and a certificate program. Courses are not
self-paced but meet in a virtual classroom.
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South
University Online
South University offers online
bachelor degrees in Management and Leadership, Marketing,
Finance, or General Business; and online MBA programs in Finance,
Marketing or Health Care Administration. Students also earn
Associate or bachelor degrees in business at campuses
in Tampa or West Palm Beach, FL; Columbia, SC; Savannah, GA;
or Montgomery, AL.
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Westwood
College Online
Students can earn bachelor degrees in Business Administration
online or at certain of Westwood College’s eighteen
campus locations. Specializations include Accounting Marketing/Sales,
Technical Management or E-Business Management. Flexible day,
night and online scheduling and year-round classes allow most
students to complete these degrees in less than three years.
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Capella
University's online School of
Technology and Business combines the two disciplines so graduates
acquire state-of-the-art knowledge in both fields. The University
offers Master of Science degrees in nine different technology/business
majors, and programs like Accounting, Finance, Health Care
or Project Management, and Marketing. Capella also offers
doctoral and certificate programs in Business.
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Villanova
University is a large Roman Catholic university in Villanova,
PA. Villanova School of Business, ranked among the top twenty
in the USA, offers online certification programs in Project
Management, Six Sigma, Contract Management, Business Analysis,
Software Testing, IS Security, Human Resources, Finance and
Accounting for non-Accounting Managers, and Software Testing.
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Walden
University Online has two levels of degree programs in
Business Administration. There is a traditional Master of
Business with eleven specializations and a "High Tech MBA"
in disciplines like Emerging Technologies. Walden has a Ph.D.
in Applied Management and Decision Sciences with ten concentrations.
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Colorado
Tech Online
Colorado Technical University Online
allows students with Associate Degrees to complete bachelor
degrees in about fifteen months. The school offers ten specializations
in Master of Business Administration and eight in the Bachelor
of Science, Business Administration programs. Choose from
Health Care Management, International Business, Marketing,
Finance, Project Management and many more.
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If you are just starting your college education, your online degree will probably be a Bachelor of Business Administration or BBA. The BBA of Office Management has a median salary of about $40,000 will a BBA in Business Studies is up around $60,000. And of course, this is only the beginning as many business minded people eventually continue their studies and earn the MBA as well.
You don’t necessarily begin your college program with your business major as some universities require you to complete general education core courses along with pre-business courses before admitting you into a business major program. Pre-business courses could be courses like Business Calculus, Statistics, Macro- and Microeconomics, Information Technology, Fundamentals of Financial Accounting, and Legal Environment of Business. Once you complete these successfully, you will be eligible to take such courses as Organizational Behavior, Principles of Marketing, Operations Management, Business Finance, Global Economy, and more. A BBA in business is a four year program with the major related courses taking three semesters. While online study will not water down the program or require less work on your part, it may allow you to complete your studies sooner than a traditional classroom because you can complete the work as quickly as you are able and are not bound to a semester schedule.
Online study may also be less expensive than a traditional college program because you will not be paying for room & board. You can virtually eliminate travel costs as well as accessory fees such as “lab fees” when you study from home, using your own computer. Yet, you are still eligible for just as much funding by way of financial aid grants and student loans as if you actually attended the college.
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