Overview
Penn State Greater Allegheny offers an Associate degree in Business Administration, providing a foundational introduction to core business principles. This program allows students to study closer to home in smaller class sizes, ensuring more personalized attention. Students gain essential skills to tackle daily business challenges, innovate organizational design, and graduate ready to manage both for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
The degree aims to deliver a business-focused curriculum encompassing communication, mathematical proficiency, socially relevant coursework, and specialized business knowledge.
What to Expect
Upon completion, students are equipped for entry-level positions across various industries. The smaller campus size facilitates hands-on learning opportunities, enabling students to build professional portfolios of practical experiences.
Highlights:
- Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society
- The GA-Zette, award winning campus newspaper
- "BeGreater Creative" student marketing / public relations services agency
- Internships in for-profit and nonprofit sectors
- Student Research and Creativity Conference
- Degree-specific scholarships for local and regional students
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Associate in Science in Business Administration are prepared for roles such as:
- Accounting Specialist
- Accounts Examiner
- Appraiser and Assessor of Real Estate
- Assistant Marketing Director
- Assistant Store Manager
- Billing Clerk
- Business Services Manager
- Computing Business Coordinator
- Compliance Officer
- Insurance Sales Agent
- Industrial Salesperson
- Management Trainee
- Office Manager
- Payroll Assistant
- Sales Coordinator
Bachelor's Degree Option
After completing the two-year Business Administration program, students have the option to seamlessly transition into Penn State's four-year Business (B.S.) degree program.
The official course requirements for this degree can be viewed in the online Undergraduate Bulletin under the suggested academic plan.
