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

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.

College Factual looked at 14 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,417 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

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 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 Arkansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in business administration & management.

10 Top Arkansas Schools for a Bachelor's in Business Administration

1

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

402 Annual Graduates

$56,456 Median Starting Salary

$36,815 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat University of Arkansas if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management program at University of Arkansas get $14,643 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

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2

John Brown University
Siloam Springs, AR

13 Annual Graduates

$54,982 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat John Brown University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. JBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Siloam Springs.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from John Brown University earn a boost of about $13,169 above the average earnings of business administration & management graduates.

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3

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR

248 Annual Graduates

$39,057 Median Starting Salary

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is a good choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. UAFS is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Fort Smith.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program report average early career income of $39,057.

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4

Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR

110 Annual Graduates

$39,866 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Arkansas Tech University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. ATU is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Russellville.

After graduation, business administration bachelor's recipients usually make an average of $39,866 at the beginning of their careers.

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5

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, AR

166 Annual Graduates

$36,007 Median Starting Salary

A-State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Jonesboro.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the business administration program earn about $36,007 in their early career salary.

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6

Harding University
Searcy, AR

18 Annual Graduates

$40,081 Median Starting Salary

Located in the distant town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduation, business administration bachelor's recipients generally make an average of $40,081 in the first five years of their career.

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7

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR

52 Annual Graduates

$39,022 Median Starting Salary

UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career earnings of $39,022.

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8

Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, AR

15 Annual Graduates

Located in the distant town of Arkadelphia, Ouachita Baptist is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business administration & management from Ouachita Baptist University

9

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR

23 Annual Graduates

$38,995 Median Starting Salary

UCA is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Conway.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the business administration program earn an average of $38,995 in their early career salary.

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10

University of Arkansas at Monticello
Monticello, AR

31 Annual Graduates

Located in the remote town of Monticello, UAM is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business administration & management from University of Arkansas at Monticello

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
Florida	225	10,063
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
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	981
Supply Chain Management	279
Organizational Leadership	123
Operations Management	16
Interior Design Management	9
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	5
Retail Management	3
E-Commerce	1

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Finance & Financial Management	554
Marketing	548
Accounting	451
General Business/Commerce	266
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	140
International Business	72
Management Information Systems	54
Human Resource Management	51
Business/Managerial Economics	48
Entrepreneurial Studies	45

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.