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

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

All business operations specialists not listed.

19 schools in Connecticut run programs that feed this job, graduating 3,567 people a year. The job pays a median of $85,530 in Connecticut across about 5,630 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSecurity AdvisorSecurity AnalystSecurity ConsultantSecurity SpecialistOnline Services ManagerSustainability ConsultantSustainability SpecialistSustainability Coordinator
Graduates / yr
3,567
in Connecticut
Median pay · Connecticut
$85,530
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
5,630
people employed
Schools
19
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
60%
across those schools
Median net price
$30,734
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Connecticut that lead to this job

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

3 programs in Connecticut that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Connecticut (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 Connecticut page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
13,535
99.1%
19$43,506$25,000
223
0.6%
3$51,261$23,361
39
0.3%
2$34,218$23,364

Top 19 schools in Connecticut

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 13 of the 19 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Connecticut State Community College
New Britain, CT Public · 1 feeder programs
864Business Administration and Management, General$46,39324%
2Post University
Waterbury, CT Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
448Business Administration and Management, General$61,70425%$14,659
3Yale University
New Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
363Business Administration and Management, General96%$27,0254%
4University of New Haven
West Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
305Business Administration and Management, General$34,10663%$32,61460%
5University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
271Business Administration and Management, General$40,79954%$28,31196%
6University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT Public · 1 feeder programs
228Business Administration and Management, General$57,84283%52%
7Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
215Business Administration and Management, General$50,55884%$36,84533%
8Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
193Business Administration and Management, General$47,84576%$36,13772%
9Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
159Business Administration and Management, General$42,05173%$42,70565%
10Albertus Magnus College
New Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
107Business Administration and Management, General$57,95351%$32,57459%
11Eastern Connecticut State University
Willimantic, CT Public · 1 feeder programs
91Business Administration and Management, General58%83%
12Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT Public · 1 feeder programs
76Business Administration and Management, General$49,09848%73%
13Charter Oak State College
New Britain, CT Public · 1 feeder programs
61Business Administration and Management, General$62,74267%
14University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
50Business Administration and Management, General41%$25,14983%
15Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT Public · 1 feeder programs
44Business Administration and Management, General52%87%
16United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, CT Public · 1 feeder programs
40Business Administration and Management, General93%22%
17Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT Public · 1 feeder programs
23Business Administration and Management, General$42,38050%91%
18University of Saint Joseph
West Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
22Business Administration and Management, General64%$25,84179%
19Mitchell College
New London, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
7Business Administration and Management, General$25,27742%$30,73495%

All 19 schools in Connecticut

Every school in Connecticut 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 Connecticut that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Connecticut State Community CollegeNew BritainPublic8641
Post UniversityWaterburyPrivate for-profit4481
Yale UniversityNew HavenPrivate not-for-profit3631
University of New HavenWest HavenPrivate not-for-profit3053
University of HartfordWest HartfordPrivate not-for-profit2711
University of ConnecticutStorrsPublic2281
Fairfield UniversityFairfieldPrivate not-for-profit2152
Quinnipiac UniversityHamdenPrivate not-for-profit1932
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfieldPrivate not-for-profit1592
Albertus Magnus CollegeNew HavenPrivate not-for-profit1071
Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimanticPublic911
Central Connecticut State UniversityNew BritainPublic761
Charter Oak State CollegeNew BritainPublic611
University of BridgeportBridgeportPrivate not-for-profit501
Western Connecticut State UniversityDanburyPublic441

What business operations specialists, all other earn in Connecticut

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

Median annual in Connecticut
$85,530
Mean annual
$95,860
Jobs in state
5,630
What the range looks like
10th pct$55,630Median$85,53090th pct$141,520
Versus the national median
+3.0%

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

Job concentration
0.47×

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

Metro areas in Connecticut

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
$98,650median
1,280 jobs
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
$92,690median
420 jobs
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
$83,980median
2,190 jobs
New Haven, CT
$83,040median
840 jobs
Waterbury-Shelton, CT
$81,330median
420 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

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingSpeakingWritingMonitoring

The same job in other states

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

Related careers in Connecticut

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 Connecticut.

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 3,535 degrees in Connecticut in 2024-25, 99.1% 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 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, International Business, Hospitality Administration/Management. Together they graduate about 3,567 people a year in Connecticut.

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

The median is $85,530 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 3.0% 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 Connecticut?+

19 institutions in Connecticut reported graduates from at least one of the 3 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.

Business Operations Specialists, All Other in other statesCaliforniaTexasArizonaFloridaNew YorkNorth CarolinaNew HampshireIndiana

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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