Texas·Management Occupations·SOC 11-3012

Best Administrative Services Manager programs in Texas, ranked by enrollment

Plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records and information management, mail distribution, and other office support.

147 schools in Texas run programs that feed this job, graduating 29,647 people a year. The job pays a median of $114,190 in Texas across about 22,980 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledAdministrative ManagerAdministrative OfficerBusiness AdministratorAdministrative CoordinatorAdministratorBusiness ManagerService DirectorBusiness Coordinator
Graduates / yr
29,647
in Texas
Median pay · Texas
$114,190
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
22,980
people employed
Schools
147
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
44%
across those schools
Median net price
$22,492
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Texas that lead to this job

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

5 programs in Texas that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Texas (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 Texas 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 Texas
22,683
76.5%
134$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.0101In Texas
6,784
22.9%
56$44,700$24,000
3
CIP 52.0204In Texas
151
0.5%
5$43,506$25,000
4
CIP 52.0207In Texas
16
0.1%
1$43,506$25,000
5
CIP 52.0202In Texas
13
0.0%
2$43,506$25,000

Top 25 schools in Texas

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 94 of the 147 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Lee College
Baytown, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
1,851Business Administration and Management, General53%
2Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
1,544Business/Commerce, General$32,37621%
3Dallas College
Dallas, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
1,047Business Administration and Management, General$46,87432%
4Houston City College
Houston, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
1,027Business Administration and Management, General$34,73217%
5Texas A & M University - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
877Business Administration and Management, General$44,26240%89%
6San Jacinto Community College
Pasadena, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
873Business/Commerce, General$33,57230%
7University of Houston - Downtown
Houston, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
844Business Administration and Management, General$53,76433%90%
8The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
830Business Administration and Management, General$45,53454%80%
9Lamar University
Beaumont, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
819Business Administration and Management, General$38,97037%86%
10Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
768Business Administration and Management, General$53,52869%73%
11The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
647Business Administration and Management, General$66,28989%27%
12South Texas College
McAllen, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
645Business/Commerce, General$24,73827%
13The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
615Business Administration and Management, General$44,76253%87%
14The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
564Business Administration and Management, General76%65%
15Tarleton State University
Stephenville, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
522Business Administration and Management, General$49,35348%90%
16Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
499Business Administration and Management, General$59,30684%57%
17Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
499Business Administration and Management, General$44,08449%96%
18Austin Community College District
Austin, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
494Business/Commerce, General$43,26720%
19University of North Texas
Denton, TX Public · 3 feeder programs
478Business Administration and Management, General$53,19461%72%
20West Texas A & M University
Canyon, TX Public · 3 feeder programs
459Business/Commerce, General$43,16755%99%
21Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
447Business/Commerce, General$44,70055%90%
22Texas State University
San Marcos, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
415Business Administration and Management, General$45,30655%89%
23University of Houston
Houston, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
411Business Administration and Management, General$49,19265%74%
24Collin County Community College District
McKinney, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
400Business/Commerce, General$33,93720%
25The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
399Business Administration and Management, General$33,57951%94%

All 147 schools in Texas

Every school in Texas 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 Texas that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Lee CollegeBaytownPublic1,8511
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsPublic1,5442
Dallas CollegeDallasPublic1,0472
Houston City CollegeHoustonPublic1,0271
Texas A & M University - Corpus ChristiCorpus ChristiPublic8772
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaPublic8732
University of Houston - DowntownHoustonPublic8442
The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlingtonPublic8301
Lamar UniversityBeaumontPublic8192
Texas Tech UniversityLubbockPublic7682
The University of Texas at AustinAustinPublic6472
South Texas CollegeMcAllenPublic6452
The University of Texas at San AntonioSan AntonioPublic6151
The University of Texas at DallasRichardsonPublic5641
Tarleton State UniversityStephenvillePublic5222

What administrative services managers earn in Texas

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

Median annual in Texas
$114,190
Mean annual
$132,290
Jobs in state
22,980
What the range looks like
10th pct$71,990Median$114,19090th pct$202,370
Versus the national median
+0.1%

U.S. median $114,130. Texas pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.96×

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

Metro areas in Texas

Midland, TX
$127,180median
140 jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$115,830median
6,160 jobs
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$125,000median
4,790 jobs
Odessa, TX
$115,470median
80 jobs
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
$111,650median
5,510 jobs
Corpus Christi, TX
$116,280median
260 jobs
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$111,040median
220 jobs
Abilene, TX
$103,710median
120 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+4.6%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
23,200
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
12,600
271,200 → 283,800
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 Administrative Services Managers page.

How to become a Administrative Services Manager

Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

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 Texas

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 7 majors mapped to Administrative Services Managers7 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 01.8202Veterinary Office Management/Administration
  • 51.0711Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist
  • 52.0101Business/Commerce, General
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0202Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management
  • 52.0204Office Management and Supervision
  • 52.0207Customer Service Management

Common questions

Answers for people weighing administrative services managers programs in Texas.

What degree do you need to become an Administrative Services Manager?+

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 22,683 degrees in Texas in 2024-25, 76.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Administrative Services Manager?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 5 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Business/Commerce. Together they graduate about 29,647 people a year in Texas.

How much do administrative services managers earn in Texas?+

The median is $114,190 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.1% above the U.S. median of $114,130. 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 administrative services managers growing?+

BLS projects a +4.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 23,200 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

147 institutions in Texas reported graduates from at least one of the 5 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 administrative services managers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Administrative Manager, Administrative Officer, Business Administrator, Administrative Coordinator among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-3012.

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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