Arizona Christian University Business Administration (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Business Administration, Management and Operations
- Private nonprofit university
- Glendale, AZ
- About 44 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Arizona Christian University business administration graduates earn about what business administration graduates earn nationally, $40,702 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $21,250 in federal loans, less than at 80% of business administration programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying business administration degrees in Arizona.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Arizona and national columns are the medians across all business administration bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Arizona business administration program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Arizona medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $225 a month, or 6.6% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
68% of graduates (32 of 47) were working in Arizona one year after graduating. Prices in the Phoenix area are about 3% above the national average, so a $40,702 salary here buys what about $39,396 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$94,800Median pay in Arizona. 110,480 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
$64,250Median pay in Arizona. 31,930 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
$48,010Median pay in Arizona. 20,260 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 113,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Project Management Specialists
$99,050Median pay in Arizona. 22,920 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Arizona Christian University
Business Administration is the only bachelor's program at Arizona Christian University that reports first-year earnings.
Other business administration bachelor's programs near Glendale
Common questions
The median graduate earns $40,702 one year after graduating. The median across business administration bachelor's programs in Arizona is $52,347.
The median federal loan balance is $21,250, which ranks 2nd lowest of 10 business administration bachelor's programs in Arizona. That works out to about $225 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 52% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 55%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Arizona programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 68% (32 of 47) were working in Arizona one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Arizona comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the business administration program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024