business administration

noun

: a program of studies in a college or university providing general knowledge of business principles and practices

Examples of business administration in a Sentence

a degree in business administration

Recent Examples on the Web

According to her obituary, after high school, Rachel earned her bachelor of business administration, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025

Earning a master’s of business administration can help unlock competitive job offers and salaries for graduates. —Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025

Leventhal earned his Bachelor’s degree in economics from Northwestern University and a master of business administration from Dartmouth College. —Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025

Augustana accepts about a third of applicants, and popular majors include biology, psychology and business administration and management. —Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for business administration

• deindustrialization
• immunoprecipitation
• individualisation
• individualization
• institutionalisation
• institutionalization
• internationalization
• neovascularization
• operationalization
• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration