Business Administration (BBA)
Why Business Administration?
Earning a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) at Iona University equips you with essential skills for business leadership and diverse career paths. Through integrated coursework in finance, accounting, and marketing, you’ll gain the expertise to excel in roles ranging from entrepreneurship to traditional business operations. For those interested in diving deeper into a specific area of business, we also offer seven other BBA majors. Regardless of which direction you choose to go in, a BBA degree from Iona will prepare you well for the challenges and rewards of a career in business.
Why earn your BBA degree in Business Administration at Iona?
A Strong Foundation for Business Success
At Iona University, our BBA degree with a major in Business Administration examines the overarching aspects of enterprise and commerce so you gain the solid business education needed to succeed in the leadership of a modern organization.
Learn from Practicing Professionals
Our faculty are among the best in the business and include practicing consultants with Fortune 500 and multinational companies alongside well-published researchers.
Gain Mentorship and a Strong Network
Iona’s business alumni offer their wisdom as mentors and as adjunct faculty sharing their current career experience in the classroom. Iona’s Gaels Go Further Mentoring Programs offers an additional opportunity to bolster your career readiness and expand your network.
Experiential Learning and Internship Opportunities
Throughout your Business Administration major, you will be immersed in experiential learning opportunities. Iona University’s location 20 miles north from Midtown Manhattan positions our Business Administration students for exciting internship and networking opportunities.
Explore Entrepreneurship
Additionally, our Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation offers the opportunity to explore the integration of business, design and technology.
What You'll Learn
Hands-On Consulting Opportunities
Our BBA degree provides consulting opportunities to assist local organizations with strategies and solutions to real-life business problems. At Iona, your experiential education equips you for a successful career in the complex world of business.
Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics and more
You will study all facets of business, including corporate finance, macroeconomics, market research and organizational behavior. You will have many opportunities to hone your skills outside the classroom with sought-after internships, student competitions and service-learning courses.
Managerial Skills
Our Bachelor of Business Administration degree trains you to deal with managerial and decision-making concerns and introduces you to the international aspects of business.
BBA Majors at Iona
Accounting
Build career skills in financial and managerial accounting and taxation. You’ll learn to analyze information and make effective business leadership decisions.
Minor available.
Business Administration
You'll deal with managerial and decision-making concerns from a broad perspective in this interdisciplinary major.
Business Analytics & Information Systems
Develop the skillset you'll need to analyze, design, and evaluate an organization's information and technology resources.
Minor available.
Entrepreneurship
Develop and apply an entrepreneurial mindset to solve daily business challenges and prepare for a range of careers in an increasingly dynamic and unpredictable economy.
Finance
Prepare for a wide range of careers as you learn the foundations of data collection, analysis, financial management, securities trading and portfolio management.
Minor available.
International Business
Gain a strong foundation in economics, finance, management and marketing, all in a global context.
Minor available.
Management
Understand how to lead organizations and people by combining organizational theory and experiential learning opportunities.
Minor available.
Marketing
Learn the tools and strategies to build and maintain profitable customer relationships.
Minor available.
GLO-BUS was a great experience as a business major. It requires you to sit down and analyze your company’s situation each week and make adjustments accordingly. The decisions we had to make will certainly help me in the business world.
Matthew Bosse '19, Business Administration concentration
Careers & Outcomes
Structured to provide numerous career-building skills, earning your Bachelor of Business Administration degree serves you throughout your career in leadership roles. After completing your BBA degree, you’ll also be ready to put your skills to the test to contribute to the operation of a business or even start your own enterprise.
Job Titles
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Facilities Analyst
- Logistics Coordinator
- Office Manager
- Sales Manager
Employers
BBA Degree Program Highlights
State-of-the-Art Facilities
You will be taking classes in our new state-of-the-art, eco-friendly LaPenta School of Business—a hub of creativity, collaboration and possibility. Combined with our small class sizes, this space lends itself to community-building with your professors, peers and Iona alumni. An expanded LaPenta-Lynch Trading Floor features Bloomberg Terminals and a live, wrap-around stock ticker which keeps the pulse of business right at your fingertips!
Successful Graduates
Over the last 5 years, 90% of our Business students found immediate employment after graduation or continued on to graduate school.
Accredited Programs
Our business programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) -- a highly acclaimed distinction awarded to just six percent of business schools worldwide.
Industry Access
Speaker Series
Iona students learn from and network with industry leaders from companies such as Visa, Heineken, USA and Steve Madden, to name few.
These candid talks offer students invaluable lessons gained from careers spanning a variety of industries. Students also have the opportunity to ask the questions most important to them and even meet the speakers.
Learn more about Iona’s BBA Degree in Business Administration!
Iona University’s Bachelor of Business Administration degree offers a broad business education that provides the comprehensive overview you need for a successful career. Learn more about majoring in Business Administration at Iona or apply now.
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