Business Administration, Management and Operations programs in Texas
118 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 29 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $46,087 at Collin County Community College District.
What this work pays in Texas
General and Operations Managers in Texas earn a median of $103,230 a year across 431,310 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Texas |
|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | $64,940 | 160,600 |
| Project Management Specialists | $98,440 | 138,960 |
| Business Operations Specialists, All Other | $80,820 | 104,270 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | $46,280 | 103,410 |
| Human Resources Specialists | $68,920 | 84,930 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Associate's degree | — | $46,087 (15 grads) | 57 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | $10,849 | $41,193 (30 grads) | 284 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Undergraduate certificate | $7,000 | $37,568 (16 grads) | 485 |
| Strayer University-Texas Farmers Branch | Associate's degree | — | $36,992 (79 grads) | 1 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $35,416 (148 grads) | 166 |
| Grayson College Denison | Associate's degree | $6,500 | $33,993 (11 grads) | 136 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $33,993 (18 grads) | 133 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Associate's degree | $11,375 | $32,569 (33 grads) | 185 |
| Houston City College Houston | Associate's degree | $15,625 | $31,314 (42 grads) | 778 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Associate's degree | — | $31,133 (15 grads) | 28 |
| McLennan Community College Waco | Associate's degree | — | $31,133 (13 grads) | 31 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Associate's degree | $4,700 | $30,771 (17 grads) | 117 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | $30,771 (13 grads) | 28 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Associate's degree | — | $29,685 (18 grads) | 132 |
| Houston City College Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $13,625 | $29,141 (15 grads) | 82 |
| Amarillo College Amarillo | Associate's degree | $15,688 | $28,960 (60 grads) | 185 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Associate's degree | — | $27,488 (21 grads) | 63 |
| Blinn College District Brenham | Associate's degree | — | $27,397 (17 grads) | 18 |
| Southwest Texas College Uvalde | Associate's degree | — | $27,295 (16 grads) | 3 |
| Northwest Vista College San Antonio | Associate's degree | $8,000 | $26,933 (71 grads) | 0 |
| Palo Alto College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | $26,933 (33 grads) | 29 |
| American InterContinental University-Houston Houston | Associate's degree | $22,586 | $26,843 (453 grads) | 11 |
| Navarro College Corsicana | Associate's degree | $10,589 | $26,585 (29 grads) | 60 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Associate's degree | $9,500 | $26,353 (49 grads) | 47 |
| Angelina College Lufkin | Associate's degree | — | $25,194 (13 grads) | 35 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas | Associate's degree | $20,000 | $23,224 (144 grads) | 10 |
| Laredo College Laredo | Associate's degree | — | $22,771 (11 grads) | — |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Associate's degree | $14,000 | $22,192 (20 grads) | 35 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Associate's degree | — | $21,508 (15 grads) | 289 |
| Amarillo College Amarillo | Undergraduate certificate | $18,308 | not published | 75 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $16,386 | not published | 574 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Associate's degree | $17,715 | not published | 287 |
| Hill College Hillsboro | Associate's degree | $11,000 | not published | — |
| McLennan Community College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | $10,625 | not published | 18 |
| Nelson University Waxahachie | Associate's degree | $28,000 | not published | 17 |
| North Central Texas College Gainesville | Associate's degree | $18,625 | not published | 21 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Associate's degree | — | not published | 39 |
| Western Technical College El Paso | Associate's degree | $20,000 | not published | — |
| Alvin Community College Alvin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 35 |
| Alvin Community College Alvin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 26 |
| Angelina College Lufkin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 135 |
| Blinn College District Brenham | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Central Texas College Killeen | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 130 |
| Central Texas College Killeen | Associate's degree | — | not published | 29 |
| Cisco College Cisco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Cisco College Cisco | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Coastal Bend College Beeville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Coastal Bend College Beeville | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| College of the Mainland Texas City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| College of the Mainland Texas City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 82 |
| Dallas Baptist University Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Dallas Baptist University Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Galveston College Galveston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Galveston College Galveston | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Grayson College Denison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 40 |
| Hallmark University San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Hill College Hillsboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Howard College Big Spring | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Associate's degree | — | not published | 29 |
| Lamar State College-Orange Orange | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| Lamar State College-Orange Orange | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur | Associate's degree | — | not published | 17 |
| Lee College Baytown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1,306 |
| Lee College Baytown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 288 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-Arlington Arlington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllen McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Navarro College Corsicana | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| North Central Texas College Gainesville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Northeast Lakeview College Universal City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Northeast Lakeview College Universal City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Northeast Texas Community College Mount Pleasant | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 76 |
| Northeast Texas Community College Mount Pleasant | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 28 |
| Palo Alto College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 100 |
| Paris Junior College Paris | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Paris Junior College Paris | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 122 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 62 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Austin Austin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 29 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville Brownsville | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen Harlingen | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Southern Careers Institute-Pharr Pharr | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Southern Careers Institute-Waco Waco | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Southwest College for the Deaf Big Spring | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Southwest Texas College Uvalde | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| Strayer University-Texas Farmers Branch | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Temple College Temple | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Temple College Temple | Associate's degree | — | not published | 16 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 35 |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 138 |
| The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Associate's degree | — | not published | 21 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 88 |
| University of North Texas at Dallas Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Vernon College Vernon | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Victoria College Victoria | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 25 |
| Victoria College Victoria | Associate's degree | — | not published | 16 |
| Wayland Baptist University Plainview | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Weatherford College Weatherford | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Weatherford College Weatherford | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Western Texas College Snyder | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Business Administration, Management and Operations — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.