2025 Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 9 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 677 bachelor's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of business administration & management for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business administration & management students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt business administration & management students go into to obtain their bachelor's 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business administration & management students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Business Administration & Management in Rhode Island

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in business administration & management.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Business Administration

1

Bryant University
Smithfield, RI

109 Annual Graduates

$65,045 Median Starting Salary

$64,449 Median Student Debt

Bryant University is a great decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from Bryant University earn $16,148 more than the standard business administration grad.

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2

Providence College
Providence, RI

115 Annual Graduates

$53,932 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Providence College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Providence is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize city of Providence.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at Providence College get $5,035 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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3

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

164 Annual Graduates

$55,160 Median Starting Salary

$40,000 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat University of Rhode Island if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. URI is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at University of Rhode Island get $6,263 more than the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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4

Johnson & Wales University - Online
Providence, RI

50 Annual Graduates

$39,917 Median Starting Salary

$30,427 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management has to check out Johnson & Wales University - Online. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program make around $39,917 in their early career salary.

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5

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, RI

53 Annual Graduates

$39,917 Median Starting Salary

$30,427 Median Student Debt

Located in the midsize city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn an average of $39,917 for their early career.

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6

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

46 Annual Graduates

$46,991 Median Starting Salary

RWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Bristol.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the business administration program earn about $46,991 in the first couple years of their career.

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7

Salve Regina University
Newport, RI

49 Annual Graduates

$42,831 Median Starting Salary

Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Newport.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program report average early career wages of $42,831.

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8

Rhode Island College
Providence, RI

66 Annual Graduates

$43,047 Median Starting Salary

RIC is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Providence.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program report average early career income of $43,047.

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9

New England Institute of Technology
East Greenwich, RI

25 Annual Graduates

$53,235 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from New England Institute of Technology make $4,338 more than the typical business administration student.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	4,821
Connecticut	183	1,615
New Hampshire	157	5,045
Maine	156	493
Vermont	155	493

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

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

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	541
Supply Chain Management	97
Operations Management	19
Interior Design Management	14
Organizational Leadership	6

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Marketing	561
Finance & Financial Management	554
Accounting	304
Entrepreneurial Studies	104
Hospitality Management	103
International Business	91
Construction Management	58
Human Resource Management	46
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	34
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	23

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.