Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations programs in Washington
22 schools in Washington teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.
What this work pays in Washington
General and Operations Managers in Washington earn a median of $133,750 a year across 50,630 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 Washington |
|---|---|---|
| Managers, All Other | $164,160 | 10,490 |
| Chief Executives | $339,810 | 3,170 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $100,390 | 1,190 |
| Personal Service Managers, All Other | $75,700 | 50 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue College Bellevue | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Clark College Vancouver | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 18 |
| Edmonds College Lynnwood | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| Grays Harbor College Aberdeen | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Grays Harbor College Aberdeen | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Highline College Des Moines | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Highline College Des Moines | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Lower Columbia College Longview | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| North Seattle College Seattle | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Northwest Indian College Bellingham | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Olympic College Bremerton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Pierce College District Lakewood | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Seattle Central College Seattle | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Shoreline College Shoreline | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Shoreline College Shoreline | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Spokane Community College Spokane | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Tacoma Community College Tacoma | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| The Evergreen State College Olympia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Yakima Valley College Yakima | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
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 Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.