Which Connecticut business administration program has the lowest debt?

UConn reports the lowest median federal debt, $21,399, with first-year pay of $57,842.

How much do business administration graduates earn in Connecticut?

The median across 12 Connecticut business administration bachelor's programs is $48,472 in the first year after graduating and $72,755 five years after.

How many business administration bachelor's programs are in Connecticut?

12 Connecticut programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 12 of them also report federal debt.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) Programs in Connecticut, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

12 programs report first-year pay
12 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Business Administration, Management and Operations

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Connecticut business administration bachelor's program pays its graduates $48,472 in their first year, $3,076 more than the national median. Charter Oak State College reports the highest first-year pay ($62,742), and UConn the lowest median debt ($21,399).

Median first-year pay$48,472National $45,396

Median pay after 5 years$72,755National $62,714

Median federal debt$25,500National $26,000

Debt-to-earnings55%National 55%

All 12 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Charter Oak State CollegeNew Britain · public	$62,742	$72,972	$26,630	42%
2	Post UniversityWaterbury · private for-profit	$61,704	$68,955	$27,842	45%
3	Albertus Magnus CollegeNew Haven · private nonprofit	$57,953	$72,537	$39,546	68%
4	UConnStorrs · public	$57,842	$81,921	$21,399	37%
5	Fairfield UniversityFairfield · private nonprofit	$50,558	$80,731	$25,000	49%
6	Central Connecticut StateNew Britain · public	$49,098	$75,084	$21,525	44%
7	Quinnipiac UniversityHamden · private nonprofit	$47,845	$81,675	$25,000	52%
8	Southern Connecticut StateNew Haven · public	$42,380	$67,809	$24,663	58%
9	Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield · private nonprofit	$42,051	$71,830	$25,000	59%
10	University of HartfordWest Hartford · private nonprofit	$40,799	$78,366	$27,000	66%
11	University of New HavenWest Haven · private nonprofit	$34,106	$62,100	$27,000	79%
12	Mitchell CollegeNew London · private nonprofit	$25,277	$43,625	$26,000	103%

Debt and first-year pay at every Connecticut business administration program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Connecticut medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 12 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$137,220

Median pay in Connecticut. 39,070 people work in this job in Connecticut. 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.

Bottom 10%: $68,010Top 10%: $312,890

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$78,200

Median pay in Connecticut. 24,420 people work in this job in Connecticut. 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.

Bottom 10%: $52,090Top 10%: $116,420

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

$56,510

Median pay in Connecticut. 13,910 people work in this job in Connecticut. 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.

Bottom 10%: $37,110Top 10%: $82,140

Project Management Specialists

$105,240

Median pay in Connecticut. 8,410 people work in this job in Connecticut. 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.

Bottom 10%: $66,470Top 10%: $167,010

Common questions

Charter Oak State College in New Britain reports the highest median first-year pay, $62,742. Its median federal debt is $26,630.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked1,105 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
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 Connecticut rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the business administration bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024