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

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

All business operations specialists not listed.

29 schools in Louisiana run programs that feed this job, graduating 5,455 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,220 in Louisiana across about 17,010 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSecurity AdvisorSecurity AnalystSecurity ConsultantSecurity SpecialistOnline Services ManagerSustainability ConsultantSustainability SpecialistSustainability Coordinator
Graduates / yr
5,455
in Louisiana
Median pay · Louisiana
$63,220
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
17,010
people employed
Schools
29
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
42%
across those schools
Median net price
$22,092
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Louisiana that lead to this job

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

3 programs in Louisiana that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Louisiana (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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana
5,283
96.8%
28$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.1101In Louisiana
130
2.4%
3$51,261$23,361
3
CIP 52.0499In Louisiana
42
0.8%
1$25,993$9,500

Top 25 schools in Louisiana

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 19 of the 29 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Louisiana State University - Shreveport
Shreveport, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
2,758Business Administration and Management, General$43,32138%51%
2University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
362Business Administration and Management, General$32,30153%87%
3Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
282Business Administration and Management, General$38,69645%99%
4Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA Public · 2 feeder programs
279Business Administration and Management, General$41,23269%73%
5Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
257Business Administration and Management, General$61,08986%$33,10614%
6Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
233Business Administration and Management, General$42,09964%86%
7Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
153Business Administration and Management, General$41,86054%91%
8McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
135Business Administration and Management, General$44,26247%78%
9University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
129Business Administration and Management, General$38,29938%74%
10University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
99Business Administration and Management, General$37,01154%85%
11Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
93Business Administration and Management, General$37,91127%35%
12Louisiana State University at Alexandria
Alexandria, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
92Business Administration and Management, General$38,22534%92%
13Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
89Business Administration and Management, General15%
14Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
89Business Administration and Management, General$37,02043%93%
15Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
77Business Administration and Management, General$27,50924%
16Grambling State University
Grambling, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
46Business Administration and Management, General$23,41836%45%
17Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
46Business Administration and Management, General59%$22,90693%
18Louisiana Delta Community College
Monroe, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
42Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services, Other30%
19Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
33Business Administration and Management, General31%
20Centenary College of Louisiana
Shreveport, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
31Business Administration and Management, General56%$24,62456%
21Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
25Business Administration and Management, General$40,17313%79%
22Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
24Business Administration and Management, General$16,10649%$19,76069%
23Dillard University
New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
23Business Administration and Management, General43%$18,82642%
24Louisiana State University - Eunice
Eunice, LA Public · 1 feeder programs
22Business Administration and Management, General19%
25Louisiana Christian University
Pineville, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
16Business Administration and Management, General44%$16,97177%

All 29 schools in Louisiana

Every school in Louisiana 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 Louisiana that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Louisiana State University - ShreveportShreveportPublic2,7581
University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayettePublic3621
Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammondPublic2821
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton RougePublic2792
Tulane University of LouisianaNew OrleansPrivate not-for-profit2572
Louisiana Tech UniversityRustonPublic2331
Nicholls State UniversityThibodauxPublic1531
McNeese State UniversityLake CharlesPublic1351
University of New OrleansNew OrleansPublic1291
University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroePublic991
Southern University and A & M CollegeBaton RougePublic931
Louisiana State University at AlexandriaAlexandriaPublic921
Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier CityPublic891
Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitochesPublic891
Delgado Community CollegeNew OrleansPublic771

What business operations specialists, all other earn in Louisiana

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

Median annual in Louisiana
$63,220
Mean annual
$72,430
Jobs in state
17,010
What the range looks like
10th pct$37,150Median$63,22090th pct$116,060
Versus the national median
-23.9%

U.S. median $83,050. Louisiana pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.26×

Concentrated here: Louisiana employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Louisiana

New Orleans-Metairie, LA
$73,920median
4,590 jobs
Lake Charles, LA
$63,130median
660 jobs
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
$71,280median
1,100 jobs
Alexandria, LA
$69,240median
380 jobs
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
$63,360median
840 jobs
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
$59,060median
620 jobs
Baton Rouge, LA
$61,110median
4,700 jobs
Lafayette, LA
$61,270median
1,360 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 Louisiana

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 Louisiana.

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 5,283 degrees in Louisiana in 2024-25, 96.8% 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 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, International Business, Business Operations Support and Assistant Services. Together they graduate about 5,455 people a year in Louisiana.

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

The median is $63,220 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 23.9% below 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 Louisiana?+

29 institutions in Louisiana 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.

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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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