Arizona·Business and Financial Operations Occupations·SOC 13-1199

Best Business Operations Specialist, All Other programs in Arizona, ranked by enrollment

All business operations specialists not listed.

37 schools in Arizona run programs that feed this job, graduating 23,234 people a year. The job pays a median of $83,280 in Arizona across about 12,210 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSecurity AdvisorSecurity AnalystSecurity ConsultantSecurity SpecialistOnline Services ManagerSustainability ConsultantSustainability SpecialistSustainability Coordinator
Graduates / yr
23,234
in Arizona
Median pay · Arizona
$83,280
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
12,210
people employed
Schools
37
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
31%
across those schools
Median net price
$23,166
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Arizona that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

4 programs in Arizona that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Arizona (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Arizona page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 52.0201In Arizona
22,732
97.8%
35$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.1101In Arizona
489
2.1%
7$51,261$23,361
3
CIP 52.0904In Arizona
9
0.0%
1$34,218$23,364
4
CIP 52.0208In Arizona
4
0.0%
1$43,506$25,000

Top 25 schools in Arizona

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 15 of the 37 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Phoenix - Arizona
Phoenix, AZ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
13,196Business Administration and Management, General$58,26821%$15,478
2Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
3,118Business Administration and Management, General$53,77043%$21,53579%
3The University of Arizona Global Campus
Chandler, AZ Public · 3 feeder programs
1,857Business Administration and Management, General$61,46611%$26,445
4American InterContinental University System
Chandler, AZ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1,811Business Administration and Management, General$43,5289%$15,785
5University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs
651Business Administration and Management, General$50,92468%86%
6Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs
437International Business/Trade/Commerce$62,33068%90%
7Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs
331Business Administration and Management, General$47,88461%90%
8Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs
243International Business/Trade/Commerce$45,0940%67%
9Chandler - Gilbert Community College
Chandler, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
181Business Administration and Management, General30%
10Mesa Community College
Mesa, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
157Business Administration and Management, General16%
11Glendale Community College
Glendale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
131Business Administration and Management, General16%
12Pima Community College
Tucson, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
125Business Administration and Management, General28%
13Estrella Mountain Community College
Avondale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
106Business Administration and Management, General32%
14Arizona Western College
Yuma, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
92Business Administration and Management, General20%
15Arizona Christian University
Glendale, AZ Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
80Business Administration and Management, General$40,70240%$32,19871%
16Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
80Business Administration and Management, General19%
17Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
80Business Administration and Management, General$56,05714%
18Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs
76Business Administration and Management, General17%
19Ottawa University - Surprise
Surprise, AZ Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
62Business Administration and Management, General$51,62718%$34,37378%
20Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
47Business Administration and Management, General42%
21Aspen University
Phoenix, AZ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
45Business Administration and Management, General$54,92227%
22South Mountain Community College
Phoenix, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
43Business Administration and Management, General16%
23Bryan University
Tempe, AZ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
41Business Administration and Management, General41%$22,877
24Crestpoint University
Phoenix, AZ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
37Business Administration and Management, General$41,42233%$15,215
25Dine College
Tsaile, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
35Business Administration and Management, General13%

All 37 schools in Arizona

Every school in Arizona with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Arizona that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of Phoenix - ArizonaPhoenixPrivate for-profit13,1961
Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenixPrivate not-for-profit3,1181
The University of Arizona Global CampusChandlerPublic1,8573
American InterContinental University SystemChandlerPrivate for-profit1,8111
University of ArizonaTucsonPublic6512
Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempePublic4372
Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffPublic3312
Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdalePublic2432
Chandler - Gilbert Community CollegeChandlerPublic1811
Mesa Community CollegeMesaPublic1571
Glendale Community CollegeGlendalePublic1311
Pima Community CollegeTucsonPublic1251
Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondalePublic1061
Arizona Western CollegeYumaPublic921
Arizona Christian UniversityGlendalePrivate not-for-profit801

What business operations specialists, all other earn in Arizona

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Arizona
$83,280
Mean annual
$91,890
Jobs in state
12,210
What the range looks like
10th pct$53,330Median$83,28090th pct$140,160
Versus the national median
+0.3%

U.S. median $83,050. Arizona pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.54×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Arizona

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
$84,190median
8,820 jobs
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
$93,310median
340 jobs
Tucson, AZ
$84,360median
1,420 jobs
Yuma, AZ
$86,260median
370 jobs
Flagstaff, AZ
$81,330median
210 jobs
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
$78,850median
170 jobs
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
$74,900median
90 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+3.0%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
108,200
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
36,300
1,205,700 → 1,242,000
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Business Operations Specialists, All Other page.

How to become a Business Operations Specialist, All Other

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Arizona

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 5 majors mapped to Business Operations Specialists, All Other5 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0208E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
  • 52.0499Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services, Other
  • 52.0904Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
  • 52.1101International Business/Trade/Commerce

Common questions

Answers for people weighing business operations specialists, all other programs in Arizona.

What degree do you need to become a Business Operations Specialist, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 22,732 degrees in Arizona in 2024-25, 97.8% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Business Operations Specialist, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, International Business, Hospitality Administration/Management. Together they graduate about 23,234 people a year in Arizona.

How much do business operations specialists, all other earn in Arizona?+

The median is $83,280 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.3% above the U.S. median of $83,050. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for business operations specialists, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +3.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 108,200 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Arizona?+

37 institutions in Arizona reported graduates from at least one of the 4 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do business operations specialists, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Security Advisor, Security Analyst, Security Consultant, Security Specialist, Online Services Manager, Sustainability Consultant among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 13-1199.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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