Advance Your Career in Business with Your Associate Degree

Get the Business and Leadership Skills You Need Now

When you graduate with the AS in Business Administration degree from The American Women’s College (TAWC) at Bay Path, you’ll have combined skills and knowledge in key business areas. Paired with the critical, innovative, and reflective thinking skills you gain throughout the program, which are further powered by management science and data analysis abilities, you’ll be an asset to employers in business, nonprofit, and government roles.

What Makes Us Unique?

Every student enrolled in a degree program at TAWC will complete a course in the We Empower Learners and Leaders (WELL) program, found only at Bay Path. You’ll develop your leadership style and gain leadership experience that makes you a standout candidate for the role you want.

Earn More with Your Associate Degree

Earning your associate degree can open doors to professional roles and advance your career — 62% of employers surveyed demand a degree for entry-level roles, and 40% believe degree holders are better equipped for positions.⁴

Opportunities await you for positions in human resources, financial or accounting services, marketing, and other business areas. Your AS in Business Administration degree can increase your salary while creating a stronger career path and future for yourself.

Take More Control of Your Future and Finances With Every Step Forward

Median Lifetime Earnings by Education Level⁵

• H.S. Diploma: $1.6 million
• Some College: $1.9 million
• Associate Degree: $2 million
• Bachelor’s Degree: $2.8 million

By Graduation, You’ll Have Skills to:

• Clarify the likely implications of economic (global and domestic), sociocultural, political, legal, regulatory, and technological trends that affect small businesses, non-profits, and large corporations
• Create market and product/service development opportunities and challenges associated with these trends
• Develop and implement new strategies in consideration of multiple stakeholders
• Include all ethical considerations as you demonstrate the relationship between business activities, economic outcomes, and the evaluation of business performance
• Use quantitative methods and available technology and applications to address everyday business problems and opportunities
• Understand core business disciplines, including Finance and Accounting, Marketing, Operations, Human Resources, IT, and Legal
• Solve interdisciplinary problems and make ethical decisions using collaborative, data-driven, systematic approaches
• Communicate focused messages to all stakeholders, as appropriate, via all forms of media, as well as face-to-face
• Recognize diverse personalities, professional backgrounds, personal experiences, and dialogue as fundamental building blocks of high-performing teams

Skills You’ll Gain

• Collaboration and communication
• Critical, innovative, and reflective thinking
• Teamwork and leadership
• Statistical data analysis
• Management science