2025 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a associate degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for business administration & management students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 296 associate degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on business administration & management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business administration & management students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt business administration & management students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business administration & management students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Business Administration & Management Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in Mississippi

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in business administration & management.

Top Mississippi Schools for an Associate in Business Administration

1

Northeast Mississippi Community College
Booneville, MS

38 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Northeast Mississippi Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the remote town of Booneville, Northeast Mississippi Community College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Northeast Mississippi Community College

2

Pearl River Community College
Poplarville, MS

28 Annual Graduates

$19,312 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in business administration & management has to look into Pearl River Community College. Located in the rural area of Poplarville, Pearl River Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Associate students who receive their degree from the business administration program make about $19,312 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Pearl River Community College

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	121	1,216
Florida	121	1,549
North Carolina	120	1,731
Arkansas	105	254
Tennessee	102	717
Virginia	97	2,151
West Virginia	92	482
Kentucky	90	521
Louisiana	80	119
South Carolina	77	446
Alabama	69	543

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Administration

Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Business Administration Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	290
Supply Chain Management	3
Office Administration	2
E-Commerce	1

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	478
Marketing	131
Accounting	120
Business Support & Assistant Services	95
Hospitality Management	23
Real Estate	12
Finance & Financial Management	6
Management Information Systems	5
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2
Construction Management	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.