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Business Administration Graduate Outcomes

Graduate Outcomes 2021/22 for full-time UK domiciled first degree Business Administration graduates - 15 months after Bath.

Courses included on this page

On this page find Graduate Outcomes Survey data for 2021/22 leavers for the following course(s):

  • Business Administration BSc (now offered as Business BSc)

Example job titles

  • Area Manager
  • Audit Trainee
  • Business Development Associate
  • Campaign Analyst
  • Commercial Manager
  • Content Marketing Manager
  • European Market Research Associate
  • Finance Analyst
  • Management Consultant
  • Sales Graduate
  • Supply Chain Consultant
  • Talent and Learning Coordinator
  • Tax Accountant

Example employers

  • Accenture
  • Amazon
  • Christian Doir
  • CIL Management Consultants
  • Citigroup
  • EY
  • Formula 1
  • Gartner
  • Heinz
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Persimmon Homes
  • Vita Coco
  • Wild
  • Oliver Wyman

Response rates to survey

Response rate
Total in 2021/22 cohort 1 70
% response rate 57%

Graduate Outcomes by activity

Activity summary Percentage
Work for an employer 2 77%
Further study, training or research 3%
Self-employed/own business 10%
Other 3 10%
Unemployed 4
Total 5 100%

Occupations, industries and skills

Studies in Business Administration provide broad-based training in core business areas, creating diverse career opportunities in accounting, finance, marketing, management and human resources. Graduates develop essential employability skills including teamwork, communication, analytical thinking, problem-solving and entrepreneurship, alongside specialist knowledge of business principles. This comprehensive skill set enables them to work effectively in national and multinational companies.

Industries

Business Administration graduates work across business, finance, accountancy, banking, marketing, communications and technology sectors. They typically join multinational accountancy firms, management consultancies, investment banks, asset management firms, start-ups, FMCG companies and other commercial organisations.

Occupations

Business Administration graduates pursue careers across management, marketing, sales, finance, data analysis, recruitment, consultancy and human resources. Common roles include management consultant, business analyst, financial analyst, junior account manager, brand manager, trader, strategy analyst and customer success analyst.

Graduate Outcomes explained

The Graduate Outcomes Survey is the UK's largest social survey, capturing the activities and perspectives of graduates 15 months after graduation. The University of Bath has an excellent graduate employment record, featuring in the top ten for graduate prospects in three major national league tables 6. Read more about the survey and overall statistics for Bath's graduates on What do first degree Bath graduates do?

Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey for 2021/22 leavers relating to full-time UK-domiciled first-degree University of Bath graduates, 15 months after leaving university.

Copyright Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited part of Jisc 2024. Jisc cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data.

  1. Number rounded to the nearest multiple of five. ↩

  2. Includes paid and unpaid work and voluntary work.  ↩

  3. Includes developing a creative, artistic or professional portfolio, taking time out to travel, caring for someone (unpaid), retired, or doing something else.  ↩

  4. Unemployed may include those due to start work or further study.  ↩

  5. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Activity defined using HESA MIMPACT: identifies what the graduate considered to be their most important activity on census week. ↩

  6. 7th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025, 6th in the Complete University Guide 2025, and 5th in the Guardian University Guide 2025.  ↩

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