New York·Business and Financial Operations Occupations·SOC 13-1199

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

All business operations specialists not listed.

141 schools in New York run programs that feed this job, graduating 15,266 people a year. The job pays a median of $83,450 in New York across about 28,790 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSecurity AdvisorSecurity AnalystSecurity ConsultantSecurity SpecialistOnline Services ManagerSustainability ConsultantSustainability SpecialistSustainability Coordinator
Graduates / yr
15,266
in New York
Median pay · New York
$83,450
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
28,790
people employed
Schools
141
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
51%
across those schools
Median net price
$23,949
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New York that lead to this job

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

3 programs in New York that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New York (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 New York 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 New York
14,340
93.9%
138$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.1101In New York
553
3.6%
21$51,261$23,361
3
CIP 52.0904In New York
373
2.4%
5$34,218$23,364

Top 25 schools in New York

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 101 of the 141 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
823Business Administration and Management, General$43,80575%74%
2Cornell University
Ithaca, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
788Business Administration and Management, General95%$17,6139%
3Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
612Business Administration and Management, General$43,32976%49%
4Fordham University
Bronx, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
545Business Administration and Management, General$58,34182%$38,93159%
5CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
505Business Administration and Management, General$28,52625%
6CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
437Business Administration and Management, General$37,05754%58%
7CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
425Business Administration and Management, General$45,75872%48%
8Monroe University
Bronx, NY Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
420Business Administration and Management, General$24,02557%$12,02868%
9Berkeley College - New York
New York, NY Private for-profit · 2 feeder programs
416Business Administration and Management, General$39,92544%$29,326
10University at Albany
Albany, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
371Business Administration and Management, General$48,60561%69%
11St. John's University - New York
Queens, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
368Business Administration and Management, General$38,55066%$27,35983%
12Suffolk County Community College
Selden, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
338Business Administration and Management, General$34,81629%
13Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
325Business Administration and Management, General$39,29053%63%
14State University of New York at Oswego
Oswego, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
287Business Administration and Management, General$45,56960%81%
15Excelsior University
Albany, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
286Business Administration and Management, General$70,191
16Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
279Business Administration and Management, General$53,76680%$33,86757%
17CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
273Business Administration and Management, General$29,95324%
18Empire State University
Saratoga Springs, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
271Business Administration and Management, General41%
19Mercy University
Dobbs Ferry, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
271Business Administration and Management, General$42,21146%$17,60486%
20CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
250Business Administration and Management, General$42,89051%57%
21CUNY Queensborough Community College
Bayside, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
206Business Administration and Management, General$24,62624%
22Iona University
New Rochelle, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
206Business Administration and Management, General$40,15656%$27,66087%
23CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
181Business Administration and Management, General$22,19928%
24Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
180Business Administration and Management, General$38,01835%
25New York University
New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
172Business Administration and Management, General88%$29,0239%

All 141 schools in New York

Every school in New York 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 New York that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University at BuffaloBuffaloPublic8232
Cornell UniversityIthacaPrivate not-for-profit7882
Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookPublic6121
Fordham UniversityBronxPrivate not-for-profit5452
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew YorkPublic5051
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklynPublic4371
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew YorkPublic4252
Monroe UniversityBronxPrivate for-profit4201
Berkeley College - New YorkNew YorkPrivate for-profit4162
University at AlbanyAlbanyPublic3711
St. John's University - New YorkQueensPrivate not-for-profit3682
Suffolk County Community CollegeSeldenPublic3381
Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdalePublic3252
State University of New York at OswegoOswegoPublic2871
Excelsior UniversityAlbanyPrivate not-for-profit2861

What business operations specialists, all other earn in New York

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

Median annual in New York
$83,450
Mean annual
$93,030
Jobs in state
28,790
What the range looks like
10th pct$45,960Median$83,45090th pct$144,870
Versus the national median
+0.5%

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

Job concentration
0.43×

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

Metro areas in New York

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
$89,410median
760 jobs
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
$92,120median
39,190 jobs
Binghamton, NY
$83,330median
240 jobs
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
$83,910median
2,820 jobs
Syracuse, NY
$81,330median
920 jobs
Ithaca, NY
$77,830median
90 jobs
Utica-Rome, NY
$79,120median
280 jobs
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
$78,850median
290 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 New York

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 New York.

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 14,340 degrees in New York in 2024-25, 93.9% 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 15,266 people a year in New York.

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

The median is $83,450 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.5% 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 New York?+

141 institutions in New York 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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