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Types Of Associate, Undergraduate & Graduate Programs Available
The degree you choose to pursue is, to a great extent, determined by your professional goals. If you are going back to school for a degree in business administration in order to understand the basics of business and finance a little more completely, then an Associate's degree will suit you well. If, however, you would like to work in the business world, and intend to try to make the most of your career there, then a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree will be better. However, you should start off with a Bachelor's, for many times, businesses will actually pay for their employees to go back to school for their Master's degrees, so it certainly pays to wait and see if that will be the case. Doctoral degrees in business administration are generally only for those who wish to pursue the academic or research sides of the field.

Typical Admissions Requirements
Gaining admission to a business program depends to a great extent on the degree level you would like to pursue. If, for example, you would like to earn an Associate's degree in business administration, then you likely only need a strong desire to learn and a good academic record. If you'd prefer to go back to school for a Bachelor's degree, then some experience in the field, either on-the-job training or previous academic work, are important. Graduate degrees in business administration generally require both previous academic experience as well as a history of some work in the field. Of course, without an adequate background in any field, pursuing a graduate degree is not advisable.

Careers In This Field
It is probably self-evident, but there are many professional directions in which a business administration graduate may go. What may be less obvious is the fact that not all careers in the business world are the kind of office-based ones you might expect. Career options run the gamut from operations to management and include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Account executive
• Claims representative
• Credit analyst
• Public administration
• Employment interviewer
• Financial planning
• Purchasing agent
• Job analyst
• Business writer
• Bank officer

Salary Ranges In This Field
Graduates from business administration programs have the potential to make a great deal of money. Of course, they can also find themselves in the kinds of positions that have lower ceilings on the potential earnings but offer other benefits, such as attractive hours and more-relaxed work environments. Really, as is the case with many fields of business, the amount you earn is to a great extent determined by your own professional goals.

Future Outlook
It is rather difficult to predict the future job market for graduates of business administration programs. This is because so much of it depends on the area of the field in which you would like to work and the ways in which the economy overall will continue to change. Thos who wish to seek work in the tech sector may find the market competitive, of course, but also ever-expanding as the technologies that shape our lives, and our subsequent reliance on them, continue to increase. Conversely, it is possible to begin working in a field that may contract as it is phased out. Therefore, when choosing an area in which you'd like to specialize, it is important to not only consider what you enjoy doing, but also to look at the ways in which that specific area will stand the test of time-or not-in this ever-changing business environment.

Resources

• www.sba.gov (The United States Small Business Administration)
• www.southernbusinessdeans.org (The Southern Business Administration Association)
• www.bls.gov (The Bureau of Labor Statistics)