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American University MBA in Business Administration & Management

Business Administration & Management is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at American University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in business administration, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Average Salary
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Related Majors
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Business Administration from The American University Cost?

The American University Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at The American University paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$34,533	$34,533
Fees	$991	$991

How Much Can You Make With a MBA in Business Administration From The American University?

The median early career salary of business administration students who receive their master’s degree from The American University is $89,130 per year. That is 35% higher than the national average of $65,781.

Does The American University Offer an Online MBA in Business Administration?

If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. The American University does offer online classes in its business administration master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the The American University Online Learning page.

The American University Master’s Student Diversity for Business Administration

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 220 master’s degrees in business administration handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 43.6% of the business administration students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 48.5%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in business administration at The American University in 2019-2020, 50.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 33%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	62
Hispanic or Latino	26
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	89
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

MBA in Business Administration Focus Areas at The American University

Business Administration & Management students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	212
Project Management	8

Majors Related to a MBA in Business Administration From The American University

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to business administration and management.

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting	65
Finance & Financial Management	45
Human Resource Management	15
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	129
Marketing	22

View All Business Administration & Management Related Majors >

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.