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

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 17 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,378 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's 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 - 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 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 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 Kansas list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

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

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

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

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

107 Annual Graduates

$55,633 Median Starting Salary

$42,356 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management has to look into University of Kansas. KU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Lawrence.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management major at University of Kansas earn $6,607 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

153 Annual Graduates

$52,538 Median Starting Salary

$23,892 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management has to take a look at Kansas State University. K -State is a large public university located in the small city of Manhattan.

Business Administration & Management bachelor's degree recipients from Kansas State University receive an earnings boost of around $3,512 over the typical earnings of business administration & management graduates.

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3

Baker University
Baldwin City, KS

38 Annual Graduates

$59,145 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management needs to look into Baker University. Baker is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Baldwin City.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at Baker University make $10,119 more than the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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4

MidAmerica Nazarene University
Olathe, KS

39 Annual Graduates

$58,494 Median Starting Salary

MidAmerica Nazarene University is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in business administration & management. Located in the large suburb of Olathe, MNU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the business administration & management program at MidAmerica Nazarene University make $9,468 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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5

Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

126 Annual Graduates

$44,884 Median Starting Salary

$14,240 Median Student Debt

WSU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Wichita.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program report average early career earnings of $44,884.

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6

Southwestern College
Winfield, KS

108 Annual Graduates

$59,951 Median Starting Salary

SC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Winfield.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from Southwestern College earn $10,925 more than the standard business administration graduate.

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7

Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS

381 Annual Graduates

$52,129 Median Starting Salary

FHSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Hays.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from Fort Hays State University make $3,103 more than the standard business administration grad.

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8

Friends University
Wichita, KS

44 Annual Graduates

$54,090 Median Starting Salary

Friends University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Wichita.

Those business administration & management students who get their bachelor's degree from Friends University earn $5,064 more than the average business administration student.

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9

Washburn University
Topeka, KS

25 Annual Graduates

$48,589 Median Starting Salary

Located in the midsize city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career income of $48,589.

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10

Benedictine College
Atchison, KS

26 Annual Graduates

$39,661 Median Starting Salary

Located in the distant town of Atchison, Benedictine College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career earnings of $39,661.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	2,190
Minnesota	215	2,996
Iowa	197	1,658
Nebraska	180	1,735
North Dakota	149	529
South Dakota	148	370

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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	788
Operations Management	263
Organizational Leadership	231
Supply Chain Management	62
Project Management	28
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	5
Interior Design Management	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Finance & Financial Management	983
Marketing	576
Accounting	481
General Business/Commerce	332
Management Information Systems	146
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	119
Construction Management	73
Human Resource Management	72
Entrepreneurial Studies	50
International Business	46

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.