The Best Business Administration Programs in Georgia for 2026

Morehouse's Division of Business Administration and Economics offers a Business Administration major across four concentrations: accounting, finance, management, and marketing, plus standalone minors in accounting, business administration, or sales. The division holds AACSB accreditation, which the school notes only about five percent of business schools worldwide achieve. The finance concentration points toward banks, private equity, hedge funds, corporate finance, and wealth management; the management concentration toward human resources, operations, or entrepreneurship.

Morehouse carries a Hakia Score of 85.6, fourth among Georgia's ranked BBA programs. Its 59% graduation rate is the lowest of Georgia's four highest-ranked programs, and its 44% admit rate falls between UGA's 38% and Mercer's 69%. Tuition is a flat $28,964, below Mercer's $31,265 and well under Emory's $63,400. Enrollment is 2,847, the smallest of Georgia's four highest-ranked programs. This fits a student prioritizing AACSB accreditation and concentration choice at a historically Black, all-male liberal arts college over the largest possible school size.

Georgia College's Management B.B.A. sits inside the Department of Management, Marketing & Logistics in the College of Business & Technology, which the program page reports is accredited by AACSB. Students pick an optional concentration in human resource management, logistics and transportation, or sales, then finish with a Strategic Management Capstone that has them run a business through a virtual simulation. The page also points to hands-on faculty consulting work through the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and lists 7 complementary minors students can pair with the major.

Georgia College graduates 64% of students and admits 78% of applicants, one of the more open-admission AACSB programs on this list. Tuition is $7,696 a year in-state versus $28,022 out-of-state, a $20,326 annual gap that totals $81,304 over a four-year degree, worth checking against private alternatives for non-residents. That mix of solid completion, wide access, and low in-state cost earns a Hakia Score of 82.8, the No. 5 ranking among Georgia's top business administration programs. The program page cites a $45,000 average entry-level salary and 32 different career options for graduates, a fit for students who want a concentration-driven management degree at a mid-size public university (7,097 total enrollment).

The Management B.B.A. at Georgia State's Robinson College of Business runs 120 credit hours, completed in four years at 15 credit hours a semester. Classes meet on the Atlanta campus, and the business analysis concentration is also available through the Online B.B.A. Degree Completion Program for students transferring in associate-degree credit. Every student chooses one of four concentrations: business analysis, human resource management, management consulting, or supply chain and operations management. The core includes MGT 3400, where student teams raise a minimum of $250 for a nonprofit of their choice over a semester, a required exercise in fundraising, group dynamics, and event logistics.

Georgia State graduates 53% of students and admits 55% of applicants, more selective than Georgia College's 78% or Kennesaw State's 69%, though more open than UGA's 38%. In-state tuition is $7,344 a year versus $23,520 out-of-state, a $16,176 annual gap totaling $64,704 over four years for a non-resident. Set against 34,944 total enrollment, one of the larger public options here, the program's Hakia Score of 82.6 places it 6th among Georgia's top business administration programs, a fit for students who want concentration choice and an online completion path inside a large urban research university.

Kennesaw State's BBA in Management, housed in the Coles College of Business, requires 120 credit hours and runs face-to-face, online, or hybrid, with fall, spring, and summer entry terms. Students choose one of three specializations: Human Resource Management, Venture Management, or Operations and Supply Chain Management, and can work inside the Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center to move ideas from concept to venture. The program page reports that 7,100+ companies recruited KSU students and alumni in 2020, and it cites a U.S. News & World Report "Top 20" ranking for schools students want to attend.

KSU graduates 52% of students and admits 69% of applicants. In-state tuition is $4,560 a year, just above the $4,488 charged by Georgia Southern and the University of West Georgia, the two cheapest programs on this list, versus $16,488 out-of-state, an $11,928 annual gap that adds up to $47,712 over four years for non-residents. Inside a 47,764-student university, the largest enrollment among Georgia's top business administration programs, KSU's Hakia Score of 82.4 ranks it 7th, and the three-format flexibility makes it a fit for students balancing work or transfer credits against a four-year timeline.

Berry College's Management major pairs a liberal arts foundation, accounting, marketing, economics, information systems, and business law, with electives in entrepreneurship, international business, or human resource management. Students get hands-on management experience through Berry College Student Enterprises, present a business plan at the college's annual Pitch Competition, and take courses like MGT 302 (Organizational Behavior) and MGT 345 (Management of Human Resources) from faculty the program page describes as active business consultants.

Berry posts a 69% graduation rate and admits 64% of applicants. Tuition is a flat $41,160 for in-state and out-of-state students alike, no residency gap, but $164,640 over four years versus $18,240 to $40,136 in four-year in-state totals at the four public options ranked above it. That premium buys a small campus of 2,484 students, where classroom size and direct faculty access are the tradeoff for cost. Berry's Hakia Score of 81.1 ranks it 8th on this list, a fit for students who want a private, liberal-arts-grounded management degree and can absorb the added cost against Georgia's public options.

Georgia Southern's BBA in Management is an AACSB-accredited program built on 124 credit hours, offered at the Statesboro campus with an emphasis or no-emphasis track and at the Armstrong campus in person. Students can specialize in entrepreneurship, hospitality, or human resources, or follow a general studies path, and the program requires a completed internship before graduation. The school also highlights hands-on training with human resource information system (HRIS) software, which it calls the only program of its kind in the region, and notes the major is one of the largest in the Parker College of Business.

The numbers back up the accessibility: an 88% admit rate makes this one of the easiest business administration programs to get into in Georgia, and in-state tuition of $4,488 a year (versus $16,200 out-of-state) keeps the cost low for residents. The 55% graduation rate trails the state's more selective options, a tradeoff for the open admissions policy and 27,423-student enrollment. Hakia Score 77.9 ranks it 9th among Georgia's top business administration bachelor's programs, a fit for students who want AACSB accreditation, a built-in internship, and a specific track (entrepreneurship, hospitality, or HR) without the cost or selectivity of a private school.

Agnes Scott's Business Management major is a Bachelor of Arts built on liberal arts foundations rather than a standalone business school curriculum. The program treats organizing and managing as phenomena to study across corporate, nonprofit, and entrepreneurial settings, and pairs its management courses with required coursework in economics. Students get dedicated support through the Economics Learning Center, staffed by faculty and learning assistants and stocked with Excel, Stata, and StatTransfer for problem sets, and the department strongly encourages every major to complete at least one internship.

At $50,264 a year, flat regardless of residency, tuition runs more than 11 times what Georgia Southern charges its in-state residents ($4,488). That price buys a smaller, more selective experience: a 62% admit rate and a total campus enrollment of just 1,079 students point to small classes and close faculty contact, and the school's 71% graduation rate is the highest among Georgia's liberal-arts-focused programs here. Hakia Score 77.6 places it 10th in the state. It fits a student who wants a liberal-arts approach to business, values completion odds over sticker price, and can absorb the cost gap.

The Richards College of Business at West Georgia runs its BBA in Management as an AACSB-accredited, 120-semester-hour program with three concentrations: Human Resource Management, Supply Chain Management, and Small Business Management. The department also points students toward professional certifications alongside the degree, including the aPHR and the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Coursework is available 100% online, entirely face-to-face, or any mix in between, with only the orientation requiring in-person or virtual attendance.

The tuition structure has a real edge for out-of-state students: because online course credit hours are billed at the same rate regardless of residency, a non-resident taking the degree fully online skips the $16,200 out-of-state rate and pays the $4,488 in-state price, a savings of $11,712 a year. Admissions run tighter here than the headline suggests: a 52% admit rate, more selective than Georgia Southern's 88% and even Agnes Scott's 62%. The tradeoff shows up in completion, a 43% graduation rate, the lowest among all 11 business administration programs in this ranking, against Hakia Score 77.5 and an enrollment of 14,337. It suits a student set on a specific concentration, HR, supply chain, or small business, who wants certification prep and flexible delivery at the lowest possible price.