Idaho·Business and Financial Operations Occupations·SOC 13-1111

Best Management Analyst programs in Idaho, ranked by enrollment

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and.

11 schools in Idaho run programs that feed this job, graduating 6,689 people a year. The job pays a median of $88,710 in Idaho across about 3,700 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledBusiness AnalystManagement AnalystBusiness ConsultantManagement ConsultantForms AnalystDealer AnalystSurvey AnalystProgram Analyst
Graduates / yr
6,689
in Idaho
Median pay · Idaho
$88,710
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
3,700
people employed
Schools
11
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
48%
across those schools
Median net price
$19,578
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Idaho that lead to this job

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

10 programs in Idaho that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Idaho (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 Idaho 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 Idaho
5,547
82.9%
10$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.0101In Idaho
503
7.5%
4$44,700$24,000
3
CIP 30.7104In Idaho
165
2.5%
1
4
CIP 30.7102In Idaho
147
2.2%
3
5
CIP 30.7101In Idaho
120
1.8%
2
6
CIP 52.0213In Idaho
110
1.6%
3$43,506$25,000
7
CIP 52.1301In Idaho
47
0.7%
1$62,069$23,500
8
CIP 27.0601In Idaho
30
0.4%
1
9
CIP 52.0601In Idaho
19
0.3%
3$53,269$21,962
10
CIP 13.0601In Idaho
1
0.0%
1$33,086$26,000

Top 11 schools in Idaho

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 9 of the 11 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, ID Private not-for-profit · 6 feeder programs
5,337Business Administration and Management, General$53,63555%$6,76096%
2Boise State University
Boise, ID Public · 7 feeder programs
823Business/Commerce, General$45,31860%87%
3Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID Public · 2 feeder programs
114Business Administration and Management, General$44,17839%
4College of Western Idaho
Nampa, ID Public · 2 feeder programs
95Business/Commerce, General$31,45531%
5Lewis - Clark State College
Lewiston, ID Public · 2 feeder programs
86Business Administration and Management, General$41,47340%88%
6University of Idaho
Moscow, ID Public · 3 feeder programs
62Business Administration and Management, General$59,33457%76%
7The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
56Business Administration and Management, General$33,61163%$19,57849%
8Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, ID Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
51Business Administration and Management, General$46,49971%$24,68165%
9College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, ID Public · 1 feeder programs
35Business Administration and Management, General$34,36833%
10North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, ID Public · 1 feeder programs
20Business/Commerce, General38%
11College of Eastern Idaho
Idaho Falls, ID Public · 1 feeder programs
10Business Administration and Management, General39%

All 11 schools in Idaho

Every school in Idaho 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 Idaho that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Brigham Young University - IdahoRexburgPrivate not-for-profit5,3376
Boise State UniversityBoisePublic8237
Idaho State UniversityPocatelloPublic1142
College of Western IdahoNampaPublic952
Lewis - Clark State CollegeLewistonPublic862
University of IdahoMoscowPublic623
The College of IdahoCaldwellPrivate not-for-profit561
Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampaPrivate not-for-profit513
College of Southern IdahoTwin FallsPublic351
North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'AlenePublic201
College of Eastern IdahoIdaho FallsPublic101

What management analysts earn in Idaho

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

Median annual in Idaho
$88,710
Mean annual
$93,140
Jobs in state
3,700
What the range looks like
10th pct$48,360Median$88,71090th pct$149,140
Versus the national median
-12.9%

U.S. median $101,860. Idaho pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.75×

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

Metro areas in Idaho

Idaho Falls, ID
$82,690median
140 jobs
Boise City, ID
$86,390median
2,180 jobs
Coeur d'Alene, ID
$83,350median
180 jobs
Lewiston, ID-WA
$79,330median
50 jobs
Twin Falls, ID
$78,560median
90 jobs
Pocatello, ID
$72,570median
90 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+8.8%
Much faster than average
Openings per year
98,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
94,500
1,075,100 → 1,169,700
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 Management Analysts page.

How to become a Management Analyst

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

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

Reading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingWritingSpeakingMonitoring

The same job in other states

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

Related careers in Idaho

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 17 majors mapped to Management Analysts17 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 13.0601Educational Evaluation and Research
  • 13.0603Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • 13.0604Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
  • 13.0608Institutional Research
  • 13.0699Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Other
  • 27.0601Applied Statistics, General
  • 30.7101Data Analytics, General
  • 30.7102Business Analytics
  • 30.7103Data Visualization
  • 30.7104Financial Analytics
  • 30.7199Data Analytics, Other
  • 42.2804Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • 52.0101Business/Commerce, General
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0213Organizational Leadership
  • 52.0601Business/Managerial Economics
  • 52.1301Management Science

Common questions

Answers for people weighing management analysts programs in Idaho.

What degree do you need to become a Management Analyst?+

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 5,547 degrees in Idaho in 2024-25, 82.9% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Management Analyst?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 10 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Business/Commerce, Data Analytics, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, plus 3 more. Together they graduate about 6,689 people a year in Idaho.

How much do management analysts earn in Idaho?+

The median is $88,710 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 12.9% below the U.S. median of $101,860. 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 management analysts growing?+

BLS projects a +8.8% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 98,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

11 institutions in Idaho reported graduates from at least one of the 10 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 management analysts work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Business Analyst, Management Analyst, Business Consultant, Management Consultant among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 13-1111.

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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