2025 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

If you pursue a associate degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program 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 7 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for business administration & management students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 485 associate degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of business administration & management for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 account for this we include a school'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.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - The number of business administration & 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business administration & management to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Iowa Schools for an Associate in Business Administration

1

Upper Iowa University
Fayette, IA

21 Annual Graduates

$46,039 Median Starting Salary

Upper Iowa University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. UIU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Fayette.

Associate recipients from the business administration & management degree program at Upper Iowa University earn $6,280 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Upper Iowa University

2

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, IA

102 Annual Graduates

$37,385 Median Starting Salary

Kirkwood Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. Kirkwood Community College is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids.

Associate students who receive their degree from the business administration program earn an average of $37,385 in their early career salary.

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

3

Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA

94 Annual Graduates

$35,852 Median Starting Salary

Des Moines Area Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. DMACC is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Ankeny.

Students who graduate with their associate from the business administration program state that they receive average early career wages of $35,852.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Des Moines Area Community College

4

Western Iowa Tech Community College
Sioux City, IA

19 Annual Graduates

Western Iowa Tech Community College is a great option for students pursuing an associate degree in business administration & management. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the small city of Sioux City.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Western Iowa Tech Community College

5

Eastern Iowa Community College District
Davenport, IA

50 Annual Graduates

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges is a moderately-sized public college located in the medium-sized city of Davenport.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Eastern Iowa Community College District

6

Waldorf University
Forest City, IA

16 Annual Graduates

Waldorf is a small private for-profit university located in the rural area of Forest City.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Waldorf University

7

Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA

23 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Fort Dodge, Iowa Central Community College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Iowa Central Community College

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	151	394
Kansas	146	258
Missouri	117	470
Nebraska	98	425
South Dakota	93	62
North Dakota	92	107

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

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

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	482
Office Administration	2
Supply Chain Management	1

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting	125
Business Support & Assistant Services	48
General Sales & Marketing	37
Human Resource Management	35
Marketing	29
Construction Management	29
Finance & Financial Management	12
Hospitality Management	11
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	11
Business/Corporate Communications	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.