What Is a Master of Business Administration Degree

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A Business Administration degree educates you with foundational concepts in business fundamentals and management skills. Your able to focus your skills in many different types of businesses from finance to management, technology to marketing, and in both the private and public sectors. You are able to fill the requirements for any part of a businesses management team.

Many business students and full-time employees build on their Business Administration degree by going back to school and getting their Master’s of Business Administration degree (MBA). An MBA is one the most popular and sought after higher education degrees today. With an MBA degree you are in line to achieve higher positions and salary in the business world. You are also more marketable in a crowded job marketplace.

With a MBA, individuals can increase their earning power in the their place of work. According to Payscale.com, your MBA degree in addition to your four-year college degree will increase your salary a minimum of 50% more. In addition, over a life time your MBA will earn you at least double what you would have earned with only a four-year college degree.

Employers value highly an employee with a MBA. When employers are looking for applicants for management positions they want to limit the effort and amount of time to train the new recruit. Employers that hirer new employees with MBA degrees know that they are ready to go to work immediately.