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Business Administration (Associate's) Programs in Pennsylvania, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 8 programs report first-year pay
  • 8 also report federal debt
  • Associate's in Business Administration, Management and Operations

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Pennsylvania business administration associate's program pays its graduates $34,154 in their first year, $462 less than the national median. Peirce College reports the highest first-year pay ($46,242), and Delaware County Community College the lowest median debt ($10,684).

Median first-year pay$34,154National $34,615
Median pay after 5 years$48,575National $44,516
Median federal debt$13,825National $13,418
Debt-to-earnings42%National 38%

All 8 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.

8 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

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

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 8 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Peirce College$46,242
  2. Reading Area Community College$44,544
  3. Harrisburg Area Community College$37,584
  4. Community College of Allegheny County$34,330
  5. Northampton County Area Community College$33,977

Lowest median debt

  1. Delaware County Community College$10,684
  2. Bucks County Community College$11,000
  3. Community College of Allegheny County$12,671
  4. Reading Area Community College$14,650
  5. Harrisburg Area Community College$16,700

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. Reading Area Community College33%
  2. Bucks County Community College34%
  3. Community College of Allegheny County37%
  4. Delaware County Community College39%
  5. Harrisburg Area Community College44%

"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

$103,130

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 172,010 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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%: $49,990Top 10%: $220,530

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$65,270

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 56,600 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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%: $45,000Top 10%: $97,560

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

$46,690

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 40,970 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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%: $30,830Top 10%: $73,880

Project Management Specialists

$100,150

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 36,150 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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%: $61,600Top 10%: $160,560

Common questions

Peirce College in Philadelphia reports the highest median first-year pay, $46,242. Its median federal debt is $41,555.

Related pages

Business Administration (Associate's) programs in the US, ranked337 programs by pay and debtBusiness Administration (Bachelor's) programs in Pennsylvania, ranked65 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 Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Medians are across the business administration associate'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

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024