Which Utah business administration program has the lowest debt?

BYU reports the lowest median federal debt, $11,000, with first-year pay of $71,163.

How much do business administration graduates earn in Utah?

The median across 9 Utah business administration bachelor's programs is $58,523 in the first year after graduating and $79,431 five years after.

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

9 Utah programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

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

9 programs report first-year pay
8 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 Utah business administration bachelor's program pays its graduates $58,523 in their first year, $13,127 more than the national median. BYU reports the highest first-year pay ($71,163), and BYU the lowest median debt ($11,000).

Median first-year pay$58,523National $45,396

Median pay after 5 years$79,431National $62,714

Median federal debt$19,188National $26,000

Debt-to-earnings34%National 55%

All 9 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	BYUProvo · private nonprofit	$71,163	$99,425	$11,000	15%
2	WGUSalt Lake City · private nonprofit	$66,432	$79,431	$22,087	33%
3	Weber StateOgden · public	$65,966	$84,066	$23,500	36%
4	Utah Valley UniversityOrem · public	$60,132	$81,429	$15,546	26%
5	Westminster UniversitySalt Lake City · private nonprofit	$58,523	$70,934	$22,000	38%
6	Utah StateLogan · public	$54,387	$74,645	$14,000	26%
7	University of UtahSalt Lake City · public	$53,806	$83,910	$21,500	40%
8	Utah Tech UniversitySaint George · public	$46,857	$73,562	$16,875	36%
9	Southern Utah UniversityCedar City · public	$32,824	$43,849	Not reported	Not reported

Southern Utah University reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

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

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

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

$97,850

Median pay in Utah. 42,580 people work in this job in Utah. 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%: $44,100Top 10%: $213,270

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$66,900

Median pay in Utah. 18,890 people work in this job in Utah. 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%: $44,720Top 10%: $105,990

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

$47,470

Median pay in Utah. 10,270 people work in this job in Utah. 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%: $34,610Top 10%: $76,050

Project Management Specialists

$96,720

Median pay in Utah. 16,450 people work in this job in Utah. 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%: $56,840Top 10%: $159,240

Common questions

BYU in Provo reports the highest median first-year pay, $71,163. Its median federal debt is $11,000.

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 Utah 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