Management: Schools and Careers

Management - Career Information

Management Career Overview

Careers in Management consist of a widely dispersed variety of occupations which are very generally characterized by the fact that they all involve some degree of planning, directing, and/or coordinating. Managers exist in nearly all business and government sectors. A full list of management occupations would be much too exhaustive to list here, but, to name just a few, there are advertising managers, construction managers, education administrators, human resource managers, industrial production managers, and many more.

A highly generalized grouping of management careers might consist of three categories: Top-level managers, mid-level managers, and operational specialty managers. Top level managers, found in almost all organizations, are concerned with policy making, planning, staffing, and the general high-level oversight of the organization. They determine and formulate policies at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives and staff managers. Examples of this type of manager include Chief Operating Officers (CEOs) and corporation presidents. Mid-level managers, also found in most organizations, are responsible for planning and directing activities at an operational level. Duties and responsibilities include formulating localized policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources. Operational specialty managers coordinate the support services of an organization, such as record keeping, mail distribution, internal/external communications, and other office support services.

Management Career Education

Educational requirements for a career in management vary widely depending on the type and level of management being targeted. For those seeking top-level management positions, a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Degree is almost always required. For mid-level management careers, an individual should strive for at least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in business management, business administration, or a related field. For any type of management career, it would be beneficial to take coursework related to the specific field a person is interested in managing. For example, an individual interested in becoming a manager within the health field should supplement a degree program with coursework related to health services administration. Courses that would be useful to any prospective manager include business law, economics, accounting, and corporate law.

Schools for Management are listed in the column to the left.

Careers and Salary Data

This table shows summary data on occupations in the US. Clicking on any occupation name brings you to a page showing job prospects and salaries for that occupation in hundreds of metro areas across the country, with data updated through 2008.(Where data is denoted by an asterisk (*), summary info was not available.

The green bars in the table below indicate the relative salary levels and growth rates of each occupation, compared to the others. The levels are determined by sorting the occupations (by salary or growth rate, separately) and then dividing them into ten groups corresponding to the the ten possible green bar levels. So a single bar means the occupation is in the bottom 10% for that characteristic compared to others on this page.

Click each Occupation title for more details.

 

Management

Occupation	Jobs	Median Pay	% Growth 2006-2016	Video
Administrative Services Managers	246,930	$73,520	11.7%
Advertising Managers	36,100	$80,220	6.2%
Chief Executives	301,930	$158,560	2%
General Managers	1,697,690	$91,570	1.5%
Industrial Production Managers	154,030	$83,290	-5.8%
Managers	365,460	$90,230	6.9%
Marketing Managers	166,790	$108,580	14.4%
Property Managers	159,700	$46,130	15.1%
Public Relations Managers	51,730	$89,430	16.9%
Purchasing Managers	67,150	$89,160	3.4%
Supervisors Of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	805,360	$28,970	11.3%
Supervisors Of Non Retail Sales Workers	275,390	$68,100	3.7%

Schools for Management (including online schools)

Management Schools by State

We have some additional detailed pages at the state level for Management.

Numbers in parentheses are counts of relevant campus-based schools in the state; online schools may also be available.

• Alabama (5)
• Alaska (1)
• Arizona (16)
• Arkansas (1)
• California (25)
• Colorado (11)
• Connecticut (3)
• Delaware (2)
• District Of Columbia (3)
• Florida (26)
• Georgia (10)
• Hawaii (3)
• Idaho (5)
• Illinois (12)
• Indiana (11)
• Iowa (4)
• Kansas (5)
• Kentucky (9)
• Louisiana (3)
• Maine (1)
• Maryland (6)
• Massachusetts (3)
• Michigan (6)
• Minnesota (12)
• Mississippi (1)
• Missouri (11)
• Nebraska (3)
• Nevada (7)
• New Hampshire (1)
• New Jersey (8)
• New Mexico (8)
• New York (9)
• North Carolina (8)
• North Dakota (1)
• Ohio (16)
• Oklahoma (6)
• Oregon (11)
• Pennsylvania (14)
• Rhode Island (1)
• South Carolina (8)
• South Dakota (2)
• Tennessee (11)
• Texas (16)
• Utah (11)
• Virginia (17)
• Washington (9)
• West Virginia (2)
• Wisconsin (6)
• Wyoming (2)

Data Sources and Career Resources

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• O*NET OnLine Occupation and Career Analysis