LVC students at Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) event

Business Administration

To lead a business, you'll need expertise in operations management, strategy, finance, leadership, marketing, and high-level communication skills. LVC’s robust experience- and internship-based undergraduate business administration degree program equips graduates with the confidence to make hard decisions, the skills to communicate effectively, and the ability to achieve results. A career in business administration means endless potential for growth.

Our B.S. in Business Administration degree will give you the nuts-and-bolts know-how, plus the leadership skills to help build and lead successful businesses and organizations. Learn how to bring financial, project management, and problem-solving skills together in ways that set your business up for success in tomorrow’s competitive markets and global economy from dedicated full-time faculty who genuinely care about your success.

Need-based departmental scholarships are available.

Learn More About the Business Administration Major

LVC’s ACBSP-accredited program lets you focus your B.S. in Business Administration with electives in related areas, such as accounting, economics, and finance. Go beyond the ordinary and prepare for a business career that truly speaks to your values, goals, and aims by expanding your skillset with specific and supportive education in many other subject areas.

Declare a second major and combine business with music, criminal justice, English, science, art, or another area of interest.

LVC student group in Maastricht Netherlands

Start Here. Go Everywhere.

Prepare

As a member of Phi Beta Lambda, our college-level chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America, you can network and gain hands-on experience. Participate in job shadows, mock interview sessions, networking events, and etiquette seminars—all to help you build the suite of skills you’ll need to become a leader.

Progress

Continue on at LVC after completing your undergraduate program to get an MBA or certificate to expand your repertoire—or come back after you’ve started working. You can get your MBA in as little as a year online with LVC.

See the World

Interested in exploring further from home? Study abroad through summer programs including those in Italy and the Netherlands, or spend a semester in London, Belfast, Berlin, and more. Grants are available to support study abroad.

6,500
fast-growing businesses that call central Pennsylvania home
65%
of Business Administration majors pursue for-credit internships
$76,850
median annual wage for business and financial occupations, 2022 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

In Their Words

My classwork has prepared me to succeed, as have the life lessons my professors have taught me. They teach the class content and go above and beyond to help us as people.
Kate Fitzpatrick ’24, Women’s Basketball Co-Captain
I pursued Business at LVC due to the countless opportunities available in and out of the classroom. LVC taught us the skills and knowledge to become the most innovative business leaders after graduation. An LVC degree provides a high-quality education and the key skills employers seek.
Natalie Santangelo ’23, Database Marketing Coordinator, Ocean Casino Resort
LVC’s accounting, business, and economics faculty take a holistic approach to advising, career guidance, course selection and major-minor combinations. This broad, student-centered approach leads to careers that provide more options and growth, and a greater sense of individual purpose in a globalized world.
Dr. Treva Clark, Department Chair and Eugene C. Fish Distinguished Chair of Business

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