2025 Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for general business administration and management students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,478 associate degrees in general business administration and management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great General Business Administration and Management School for Your Associate Degree

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general business administration and management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general business administration and management students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general business administration and management related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Business Administration and Management in Virginia

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

Top Virginia Schools for an Associate in Business Administration

1

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

803 Annual Graduates

Northern Virginia Community College is a great option for students interested in an associate degree in general business administration and management. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public college located in the suburb of Annandale.More information about a associate in general business administration and management from Northern Virginia Community College

2

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

222 Annual Graduates

Tidewater Community College is a wonderful option for students interested in an associate degree in general business administration and management. Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in general business administration and management from Tidewater Community College

3

Reynolds Community College
Richmond, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

181 Annual Graduates

Reynolds Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in general business administration and management. Reynolds Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Richmond.More information about a associate in general business administration and management from Reynolds Community College

4

Piedmont Virginia Community College
Charlottesville, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

Piedmont Virginia Community College is a good choice for students pursuing an associate degree in general business administration and management. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, PVCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in general business administration and management from Piedmont Virginia Community College

5

Thomas Nelson Community College
Hampton, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

65 Annual Graduates

TNCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Hampton.More information about a associate in general business administration and management from Thomas Nelson Community College

6

John Tyler Community College
Chester, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

73 Annual Graduates

John Tyler Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Chester.More information about a associate in general business administration and management from John Tyler Community College

7

Virginia Western Community College
Roanoke, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

65 Annual Graduates

Virginia Western Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Roanoke.More information about a associate in general business administration and management from Virginia Western Community College

Best General Business Administration and Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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General Business Administration and Management Related Rankings by Major

General Business Administration and Management is one of 16 different types of Business Administration & Management programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

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.