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

Business Administration & Management is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major 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 59 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for business administration & management students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8,741 bachelor's degrees in business administration & management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

The business administration bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's 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 - The number of business administration & management students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 easy is it for business administration & management to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Business Administration & Management Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Florida Schools for a Bachelor's in Business Administration

1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide
Daytona Beach, FL

401 Annual Graduates

$66,999 Median Starting Salary

$35,713 Median Student Debt

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Daytona Beach.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide get an earnings boost of approximately $21,086 above the average income of business administration & management majors.

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2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

556 Annual Graduates

$52,032 Median Starting Salary

$20,000 Median Student Debt

University of Florida is a wonderful choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management major at University of Florida get $6,119 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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3

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

105 Annual Graduates

$48,793 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management has to check out University of Miami. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Coral Gables.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from University of Miami earn a boost of approximately $2,880 above the typical income of business administration & management graduates.

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4

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

293 Annual Graduates

$49,325 Median Starting Salary

$21,038 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management needs to check out Florida State University. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from Florida State University earn a boost of about $3,412 above the typical income of business administration & management majors.

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5

Florida International University
Miami, FL

297 Annual Graduates

$43,772 Median Starting Salary

FIU is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Miami.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career wages of $43,772.

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6

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL

74 Annual Graduates

$66,999 Median Starting Salary

$35,713 Median Student Debt

Located in the small city of Daytona Beach, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach earn a boost of around $21,086 above the typical earnings of business administration & management graduates.

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7

Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL

281 Annual Graduates

$48,880 Median Starting Salary

BC is a very large public college located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from Broward College earn a boost of around $2,967 over the average earnings of business administration & management graduates.

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8

Valencia College
Orlando, FL

466 Annual Graduates

$39,073 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a very large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the business administration program make about $39,073 for their early career.

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9

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

230 Annual Graduates

$45,375 Median Starting Salary

UCF is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Orlando.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program report average early career income of $45,375.

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10

Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

136 Annual Graduates

$47,898 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public college with a very large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn around $47,898 in the first couple years of working.

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11

Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth, FL

251 Annual Graduates

$43,450 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Lake Worth, Palm Beach State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

After graduation, business administration bachelor's recipients usually make an average of $43,450 in their early careers.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida award.

Rank	College	Location
12	Florida Institute of Technology	Melbourne, FL
13	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, FL
14	Saint Leo University	Saint Leo, FL
15	Rasmussen University - Florida	Ocala, FL
16	University of North Florida	Jacksonville, FL
17	University of South Florida - Main Campus	Tampa, FL
18	St Petersburg College	St. Petersburg, FL
19	Miami Dade College	Miami, FL

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	224	4,274
Tennessee	220	3,167
North Carolina	213	5,451
Virginia	213	4,656
South Carolina	195	2,382
Kentucky	187	1,131
Alabama	184	3,424
Louisiana	171	1,806
Mississippi	169	1,286
Arkansas	167	1,308
West Virginia	147	2,948

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Administration

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	5,178
Interior Design Management	2,904
Supply Chain Management	336
Organizational Leadership	131
Project Management	86
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	84
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	22

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Finance & Financial Management	3,504
Marketing	3,163
Accounting	1,985
Hospitality Management	1,512
General Business/Commerce	1,358
International Business	884
Management Information Systems	721
Entrepreneurial Studies	390
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	333
Human Resource Management	293

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.