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International Business

Business & Management

International Business graduates with a bachelor's typically earned about $72,852, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Certificate median $83,816, $68,224 to $88,469; Bachelor's median $72,852, $64,317 to $81,496; Master's median $108,500, $90,841 to $131,402.$64k$98k$131kCertificate$83,816Bachelor's$72,852Master's$108,500
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Certificate median $83,816, $68,224 to $88,469; Bachelor's median $72,852, $64,317 to $81,496; Master's median $108,500, $90,841 to $131,402.$64k$98k$131kCertificate$83,816Bachelor's$72,852Master's$108,500
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$83,816$68,224 to $88,4696100%
Bachelor's Degree$72,852$64,317 to $81,49611599%
Master's Degree$108,500$90,841 to $131,40216100%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +4% (2025 to 2035), about 410,400 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
General and Operations Managers$105,770+5%285,000
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$83,050+3.9%98,700
Chief Executives$213,990+3.2%19,100
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$99,080+5.9%7,600

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a international business program, of 408 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.