Opportunity for Careers in Business Administration
In the growing field of business, employers are on the lookout for qualified individuals in areas such as finance, sales and marketing, hospitality management, and project management. There is also great demand for experts in production management, business information systems, security management, technical communication, and entrepreneurship. No matter what path you choose, earning a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from DeVry can equip you to step right into today's most rewarding careers in business administration.
Industries Where You Can Apply Your Business Degree
Careers in business administration are found in nearly every industry, including:
- Insurance
- Finance
- Government
- Nonprofit organizations
- Education
- Communications
- Retail
- Marketing
Specific Areas of Opportunity for Careers in Business Administration
When you earn your bachelor's degree in Business Administration from DeVry, you'll be equipped for a specialized business administration career in a wide variety of industries. Here are a few of the careers in business administration you could pursue:
- Business Information Systems
- Database applications
- PC hardware and software assistance and training
- Internet coordination
- Business systems analysis
- E-commerce-based applications
- Finance
- Bank branch management
- Budget analysis
- Credit management
- Commercial banking
- Financial analysis
- Financial planning consulting
- Insurance sales
- Commercial and consumer lending
- Security or commodities sales and brokering
- Hospitality Management
- Tourism management
- Casino management
- Hotel and restaurant operations management
- Production Management
- Purchasing management
- Process re-engineering
- Quality assurance and control
- Logistics
- Facility management and supervision
- Project Management
- Project management in product and/or service industries
- Development projects in industry or government
- Organizational change management
- Sales and Marketing
- Sales management
- Advertising
- Promotion and public relations
- Marketing research
- Product management
- Internet marketing and sales
- Industrial buying
- Security Management
- Federal, state and local government investigation/intelligence; immigration and border patrol inspection/protection; criminal and compliance investigation/examination; air marshal service
- Hospital and healthcare security
- Private security management
- Lodging and entertainment security
- Corporate security/physical security management
- Executive protection
- Security consulting
- Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship
- Small business financial accounting
- Internet marketing and sales
- Customer relations
- New business development
- Technical Communication
- Scientific, technical, and medical writing and editing
- Equipment manual and operation instructions content creation
- Advertising and public relations information development
The Career Advantage You'll Find at DeVry
At DeVry you can gain the skills, credentials, and respect you need to succeed in a career in business administration. The proof is in the numbers. For the year ending with the October '10 graduates, 95% of Canadian DeVry Business Administration graduates were employed in their field. This includes graduates who actively pursued and obtained employment and those who were already employed in education-related careers within 180 days of graduation. These graduates have an average salary of $59,441 (Canadian dollars).
To learn more about careers in business administration and the difference earning a DeVry degree can make, contact a DeVry representative.
