2025 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Arizona

Business Administration & Management is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 10 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for business administration & management students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,015 associate degrees in business administration & management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good 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 Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 colleges for business administration & management students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Business Administration & Management Schools

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 Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Arizona list to help you make the college decision.

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

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for business administration & management students seeking a an associate degree.

10 Top Arizona Schools for an Associate in Business Administration

1

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

1,696 Annual Graduates

$43,227 Median Starting Salary

$11,241 Median Student Debt

University of Phoenix - Arizona is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix.

Those business administration & management students who get their associate degree from University of Phoenix - Arizona make $2,490 more than the typical business administration student.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from University of Phoenix - Arizona

2

Mesa Community College
Mesa, AZ

151 Annual Graduates

Mesa Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Mesa, Mesa Community College is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Mesa Community College

3

Rio Salado College
Tempe, AZ

38 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in business administration & management needs to check out Rio Salado College. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, Rio Salado College is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Rio Salado College

4

Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Chandler, AZ

185 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Chandler-Gilbert Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in business administration & management. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Chandler.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Chandler-Gilbert Community College

5

American InterContinental University - Online
Chandler, AZ

1,171 Annual Graduates

$29,996 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Chandler, AIU Online is a private for-profit university with a large student population.

Associate students who receive their degree from the business administration program earn an average of $29,996 in their early career salary.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from American InterContinental University - Online

6

Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, AZ

57 Annual Graduates

Located in the rural area of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Scottsdale Community College

7

Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ

60 Annual Graduates

$56,057 Median Starting Salary

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

Associate recipients from the business administration & management degree program at Phoenix College get $15,320 above the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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

8

Pima Community College
Tucson, AZ

164 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Pima Community College

9

Coconino Community College
Flagstaff, AZ

23 Annual Graduates

Coconino Community College is a small public college located in the rural area of Flagstaff.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Coconino Community College

10

Yavapai College
Prescott, AZ

16 Annual Graduates

Yavapai College is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Prescott.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Yavapai College

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	200	3,318
New Mexico	140	434
Oklahoma	136	782

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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	3,756
Organizational Leadership	218
Operations Management	16
Supply Chain Management	13
Science/Technology Management	7
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	3
Project Management	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	350
Accounting	163
Human Resource Management	129
Hospitality Management	29
Marketing	26
Other Business, Management & Marketing	14
Business Support & Assistant Services	11
Entrepreneurial Studies	11
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	10
Finance & Financial Management	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.