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A busi­ness bach­e­lor’s degree pro­vides you the edu­ca­tion­al basis need­ed to build a suc­cess­ful, lucra­tive career. As a foun­da­tion for advanc­ing knowl­edge and employ­ment options, a busi­ness bach­e­lor’s degree offers a well round­ed edu­ca­tion as well as real life work expe­ri­ence. You know this much. But here’s

The BIG question: What jobs can I do with my bachelor’s degree in business? So here’s what we found:

High-pay­ing job poten­tial was like­ly fore­most on your mind when you decid­ed to obtain a Bach­e­lor of Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion. Many stu­dents mis­tak­en­ly believe that spend­ing extra time and mon­ey on an MBA is req­ui­site to strate­gi­cal­ly work into dream jobs.

How­ev­er, Time mag­a­zine reports that busi­ness is the #4 most prof­itable under­grad major reap­ing a mean begin­ning salary of $52,236. George­town’s Cen­ter on Edu­ca­tion and the Work­force also shows that expe­ri­enced col­lege grad­u­ates in busi­ness have one of the low­est unem­ploy­ment rates at 4.5 per­cent. Using the BLS data­base, we found these sev­en top jobs where the min­i­mum edu­ca­tion require­ment is an under­grad­u­ate busi­ness degree.

Purchasing Manager

Pur­chas­ing man­agers are bach­e­lor’s-lev­el pro­cure­ment spe­cial­ists who direct the cost-effec­tive buy­ing of raw mate­ri­als or prod­ucts through ven­dor rela­tion­ships. From man­u­fac­tur­ing to gov­ern­ment and edu­ca­tion­al ser­vices, pur­chas­ing man­agers are tasked with acquir­ing the high-qual­i­ty goods and keep­ing their orga­ni­za­tions run­ning with stocked inven­to­ries. Impor­tant duties include attend­ing trade shows, review­ing price pro­pos­als, sign­ing ven­dor con­tracts, set­ting com­pli­ant pro­cure­ment poli­cies, hir­ing buy­ing agents, main­tain­ing pos­i­tive sup­pli­er rela­tions, and resolv­ing any ship­ment issues. Pur­chas­ing man­agers report an aver­age year­ly salary of $117,720.

B2B Sales Manager

Busi­ness-to-busi­ness (B2B) sales man­agers are prof­it-mind­ed agents who over­see the trade of goods between man­u­fac­tur­ers, whole­salers, and retail­ers. Whether they’re sell­ing IT soft­ware, gro­ceries, or cloth­ing, B2B sales man­agers main­tain respon­si­bil­i­ty over the smooth dis­tri­b­u­tion of prod­ucts in their sales ter­ri­to­ries. Their dai­ly duties include cal­cu­lat­ing sales data, pro­ject­ing expen­di­tures, devel­op­ing plans for mar­ket­ing vis­its, train­ing entry-lev­el reps, pric­ing prod­ucts by com­pe­ti­tion, and updat­ing track­ing sys­tems for accu­ra­cy. B2B sales man­agers have high bach­e­lor’s ROI with a mean annu­al wage at $135,090.

Training and Development Manager

Train­ing and devel­op­ment man­agers are strate­gic HR lead­ers who arrange on-the-job work­shops that will advance the exper­tise of com­pa­ny employ­ees for stronger pro­duc­tiv­i­ty. Most T&D man­agers take human resources cours­es dur­ing their Bach­e­lor of Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion to deter­mine the best train­ing meth­ods for meet­ing work­ers’ needs. Com­mon respon­si­bil­i­ties include draft­ing instruc­tion bud­gets, pick­ing course con­tent, plac­ing train­ing mate­r­i­al online, super­vis­ing cor­po­rate teach­ers, and assess­ing employ­ees’ progress. Train­ing and devel­op­ment man­agers are well-paid with an aver­age annu­al income of $115,180.

Financial Risk Manager

Finan­cial risk man­agers are tac­ti­cal fore­cast­ers who use com­plex algo­rithms to study the mar­ket and iden­ti­fy the prob­a­bil­i­ty of mon­e­tary loss­es impact a com­pa­ny’s well-being. Becom­ing a Cer­ti­fied Finan­cial Risk Man­ag­er (CFRM) requires a busi­ness bach­e­lor’s degree and two years of expe­ri­ence off­set­ting fis­cal risks. Essen­tial tasks include assess­ing busi­ness pro­pos­als for threats to assets, pur­chas­ing insur­ance poli­cies, cre­at­ing emer­gency con­tin­gency plans, and pre­sent­ing risk-reduc­ing rec­om­men­da­tions to senior exec­u­tives. Finan­cial risk man­agers are reward­ed with mean year­ly wages of $139,720.

Industrial Production Manager

Indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion man­agers are detail-ori­ent­ed plant orga­niz­ers who mon­i­tor day-to-day oper­a­tions in man­u­fac­tur­ing firms to ensure high qual­i­ty con­trol. Indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion man­agers typ­i­cal­ly have under­grad busi­ness majors to effec­tive­ly coor­di­nate activ­i­ties that fab­ri­cate goods like com­put­ers, vehi­cles, fur­ni­ture, or instru­ments with­out defects. Assigned tasks include hir­ing plant work­ers, col­lect­ing pro­duc­tion data, set­ting prop­er sched­ules, check­ing for occu­pa­tion­al safe­ty stan­dards, com­mu­ni­cat­ing to ware­hous­es, and find­ing meth­ods to stream­line assem­bly. Indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion man­agers can expect an aver­age salary of $107,060 annually.

Computer Systems Manager

Com­put­er sys­tems man­agers are IT tech­ni­cal gurus who devel­op, direct, and debug dig­i­tal net­works for com­pa­nies to keep elec­tron­ic doc­u­ments acces­si­ble yet secured. Com­put­er sys­tems man­agers could use a BBA in Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy to build the skills need­ed to main­tain hard­ware and soft­ware for orga­ni­za­tions’ tech goals. Impor­tant respon­si­bil­i­ties include super­vis­ing IT sys­tems ana­lysts, upgrad­ing oper­at­ing sys­tems, jus­ti­fy­ing bud­gets for IT projects, iden­ti­fy secu­ri­ty vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties to fix, and nego­ti­at­ing Inter­net ser­vice con­tracts. Com­put­er sys­tems man­agers make bank with a mean annu­al salary of $145,740.

Facility Manager

Facil­i­ty man­agers are bach­e­lor’s-lev­el grounds admin­is­tra­tors who coor­di­nate the main­te­nance of a com­pa­ny’s build­ings, equip­ment, HVAC sys­tems, and oth­er phys­i­cal spaces. Facil­i­ty man­agers need thor­ough busi­ness acu­men to brain­storm ren­o­va­tion projects that will improve cor­po­rate effi­cien­cy with low cost and ener­gy emis­sion. Dai­ly tasks include mon­i­tor­ing secu­ri­ty sys­tems, super­vis­ing cus­to­di­ans, con­tract­ing with repair spe­cial­ists, inspect­ing interior/exterior struc­tures, com­ply­ing with work­place safe­ty stan­dards, sched­ul­ing reg­u­lar clean­ings, and work­ing to reduce waste. Facil­i­ty man­agers excel mon­e­tar­i­ly with aver­age 12-month income at $98,930.

Jobs for under­grad busi­ness degree hold­ers don’t stop there because you could also become an adver­tis­ing man­ag­er, fraud exam­in­er, con­struc­tion man­ag­er, lodg­ing man­ag­er, real estate bro­ker, man­age­ment ana­lyst, logis­ti­cian, or rev­enue man­ag­er. Bach­e­lor’s grad­u­ates could let their entre­pre­neur­ial spir­it shine by cre­at­ing their own start-ups. Accord­ing to Inc.com, Mark Zucker­berg and Richard Bran­son are out­liers because 95 per­cent of entre­pre­neurs have a bac­calau­re­ate. By net­work­ing the right busi­ness expe­ri­ences, man­agers with only an under­grad­u­ate degree could even join the C‑Suite as Chief User Expe­ri­ence Offi­cer, Chief Data Offi­cer, Chief Com­pli­ance Offi­cer, Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer, and more.

To help you find the pro­gram best suit­ed to your busi­ness career aspi­ra­tions, present finan­cial sit­u­a­tion, edu­ca­tion­al goals, and even work or fam­i­ly respon­si­bil­i­ties, we reviewed thou­sands of pro­grams to give you the fol­low­ing rankings:

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