Business Administration
Empower Your Career with an Undergraduate Degree in Business Administration from Doane University
Distance and Online Learning Opportunities for Your Bachelor’s in Business Administration
Where Do Doane Alumni Work?
Our graduates find jobs in a variety of industries. Here’s what our graduates are up to. Where could our program lead you?
Recent Places of Business
Valmont Industries
Mutual of Omaha
Community National Bank
CHI Health
Nestle Purina
United Way
Recent Job Positions
Project Manager
Senior Investment Associate
Human Resource Manager
Technology Assurance Associate
Production Planner
Business Development Manager
Program Information
Business Administration Major
Business Administration Minor
Faculty and Staff
Distance Learning
In our distance learning format, students meet over Zoom, a method that accommodates busy schedules while retaining the benefits of meeting together as a class.
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Skills Development
90% of graduates in 2023 say they use more analytical, creative, and effective thinking skills when considering issues and problems.
89% of graduates in 2023 say they communicate in a manner that is more purposeful, context appropriate, and conveys a clear message.
92% of graduates in 2023 say they are better able to articulate the knowledge and skills needed for future personal and professional development.
Job Placement
79% of graduates in 2023 were not seeking employment (i.e., they are employed, in graduate school, etc.)
Jobs of 2023 graduates:
- Manager
- Project Manager
- Senior Investment Associate
- Human Resource Manager
- Bank Teller
- Technology Assurance Associate
- Production Planner
- Business Development Manager
Places of Employment for 2023 graduates:
- Tuttle Inc
- Stonebrook Exterior
- Valmont Industries
- Reliant Transportation
- Mutual of Omaha
- Community National Bank
- CHI Health
- Ironhide Construction
- Nestle Purina
- State of Nebraska
- United Way
- Walmart
- Sack Lumber
2023 graduates will work in Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado and Kansas
The Doane Difference
When asked, "what one thing significantly helped your ability to complete your Doane experience?" students responded:
- "Being able to build a relationship with my professors"
- "The instructors are wonderful and very helpful and want you to be successful. I have had wonderful professors that have gone out of their way to help me understand the material and make sure I am successful with my learning abilities."
- "The professors having hands on projects that related to my career field and not just tedious lectures"
- "The feedback given from some of the teachers. I feel more confident than I ever have before because of their words on my assignments."
- "The personalization and relationships built"
Business Administration Major: ACBSP Accreditation – Candidacy
Doane University’s Business Administration Major is a candidate for accreditation through ACBSP.
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) is a global business education accrediting body and the first organization to offer accreditation to all levels of collegiate business educational degree programs from associate to doctoral. ACBSP ignites a standard of excellence with an accreditation process based on the Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence. By evaluating aspects of leadership, strategic planning, relationships with stakeholders, quality of academic programs, faculty credentials, and educational support, ACBSP assesses whether or not business programs offer a rigorous educational experience and commitment to continuous quality improvement.
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Our innovative curriculum fosters a passion for lifelong learning and growth in understanding of self, colleagues and teams, organizations, and communities in a global, interconnected context. Business students conduct and apply research to real-world problems, examine human behavior and motivation, analyze local and global trends, engage ethical issues, build cultural intelligence and gain professional-level public speaking skills and experience.
Doane business students are immersed in interdisciplinary learning, developing curiosity and a keen understanding of interrelationships among fields. By connecting concepts from economics, psychology, sociology, arts, technology and more, students learn to view complex business challenges from multiple perspectives. In a business strategy course, for example, students will employ psychological principles to understand consumer behavior, economic theories to predict market trends, and technological tools to design business solutions.
Doane business graduates apply their leading-edge thinking to solve real-world problems and craft consequential strategies and innovations that are people-centered, profitable, socially responsible and ethically sound. Doane business graduates with an interdisciplinary background develop business models that leverage economic analysis, psychological theory, ethical considerations, and technological advancements to address critical organizational and societal challenges while improving people’s lives, working environments, and communities.
Our innovative curriculum fosters a passion for lifelong learning and growth in understanding of self, colleagues and teams, organizations, and communities in a global, interconnected context. Business students conduct and apply research to real-world problems, examine human behavior and motivation, analyze local and global trends, engage ethical issues, build cultural intelligence and gain professional-level public speaking skills and experience.
Doane business students are immersed in interdisciplinary learning, developing curiosity and a keen understanding of interrelationships among fields. By connecting concepts from economics, psychology, sociology, arts, technology and more, students learn to view complex business challenges from multiple perspectives. In a business strategy course, for example, students will employ psychological principles to understand consumer behavior, economic theories to predict market trends, and technological tools to design business solutions.
Doane business graduates apply their leading-edge thinking to solve real-world problems and craft consequential strategies and innovations that are people-centered, profitable, socially responsible and ethically sound. Doane business graduates with an interdisciplinary background develop business models that leverage economic analysis, psychological theory, ethical considerations, and technological advancements to address critical organizational and societal challenges while improving people’s lives, working environments, and communities.