2025 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

Ranked #3 in popularity, business administration & management is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 8 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of business administration & management. Combined, these schools handed out 358 associate degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Associate Degree

The business administration associate 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. 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.

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 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 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina

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

Top South Carolina Schools for an Associate in Business Administration

1

Greenville Technical College
Greenville, SC

48 Annual Graduates

$44,362 Median Starting Salary

Greenville Technical College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. GTC is a fairly large public college located in the city of Greenville.

Business Administration & Management associate degree recipients from Greenville Technical College get an earnings boost of approximately $10,656 above the average income of business administration & management graduates.

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2

Midlands Technical College
West Columbia, SC

26 Annual Graduates

$31,245 Median Starting Salary

Midlands Technical College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the large suburb of West Columbia, MTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Soon after graduation, business administration associate recipients usually make about $31,245 in their early careers.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Midlands Technical College

3

Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg, SC

56 Annual Graduates

$31,087 Median Starting Salary

Spartanburg Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. Spartanburg Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the medium-sized suburb of Spartanburg.

Associate students who receive their degree from the business administration program make about $31,087 in the first couple years of their career.

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4

Tri-County Technical College
Pendleton, SC

15 Annual Graduates

$38,336 Median Starting Salary

Tri-County Technical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the midsize suburb of Pendleton, TCTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Business Administration & Management associate degree recipients from Tri-County Technical College earn a boost of around $4,630 above the average income of business administration & management graduates.

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5

York Technical College
Rock Hill, SC

19 Annual Graduates

$43,096 Median Starting Salary

York Technical College is a small public college located in the city of Rock Hill.

Those business administration & management students who get their associate degree from York Technical College make $9,390 more than the standard business administration grad.

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6

Central Carolina Technical College
Sumter, SC

27 Annual Graduates

Central Carolina is a small public college located in the city of Sumter.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Central Carolina Technical College

7

Miller-Motte College Conway
Conway, SC

16 Annual Graduates

$23,907 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Conway, MMC Conway is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Students who graduate with their associate from the business administration program state that they receive average early career wages of $23,907.

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8

Miller-Motte College Charleston
Charleston, SC

10 Annual Graduates

$23,907 Median Starting Salary

MMC Charleston is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

Students who graduate with their associate from the business administration program report average early career earnings of $23,907.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	143	207
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
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	345
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	13

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	481
Accounting	172
Business Support & Assistant Services	126
General Sales & Marketing	71
Hospitality Management	33
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	4

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.