Best Management Analyst programs in Utah, 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.
13 schools in Utah run programs that feed this job, graduating 13,042 people a year. The job pays a median of $83,530 in Utah across about 5,670 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Utah that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
9 programs in Utah that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Utah (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 Utah page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 52.0201In Utah → | 9,946 | 76.3% | 11 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 2 | CIP 52.0213In Utah → | 1,401 | 10.7% | 4 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 3 | CIP 52.1301In Utah → | 907 | 7.0% | 7 | $62,069 | $23,500 |
| 4 | CIP 52.0101In Utah → | 445 | 3.4% | 6 | $44,700 | $24,000 |
| 5 | Data Analytics, Generalmain feeder CIP 30.7101In Utah → | 158 | 1.2% | 5 | — | — |
| 6 | CIP 52.0601In Utah → | 136 | 1.0% | 3 | $53,269 | $21,962 |
| 7 | Business Analyticsmain feeder CIP 30.7102In Utah → | 26 | 0.2% | 1 | — | — |
| 8 | Financial Analyticsmain feeder CIP 30.7104In Utah → | 19 | 0.1% | 1 | — | — |
| 9 | Educational Evaluation and Researchmain feeder CIP 13.0601In Utah → | 4 | 0.0% | 1 | $33,086 | $26,000 |
Top 13 schools in Utah
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 10 of the 13 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 8,456 | Business Administration and Management, General | $66,432 | 46% | $11,580 | — |
| 2 | Utah Valley University Orem, UT Public · 4 feeder programs | 1,504 | Business Administration and Management, General | $60,132 | 45% | — | — |
| 3 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 753 | Management Science | $79,777 | 81% | $13,712 | 68% |
| 4 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Public · 3 feeder programs | 662 | Business Administration and Management, General | $53,806 | 65% | — | 86% |
| 5 | Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT Public · 3 feeder programs | 431 | Business Administration and Management, General | $32,824 | 61% | — | 82% |
| 6 | Utah State University Logan, UT Public · 4 feeder programs | 300 | Business Administration and Management, General | $54,387 | 59% | — | 92% |
| 7 | Weber State University Ogden, UT Public · 4 feeder programs | 284 | Business Administration and Management, General | $65,966 | 46% | — | — |
| 8 | Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, UT Public · 2 feeder programs | 275 | Business/Commerce, General | $43,359 | 29% | — | — |
| 9 | Snow College Ephraim, UT Public · 2 feeder programs | 164 | Business/Commerce, General | — | 46% | — | — |
| 10 | Utah Tech University Saint George, UT Public · 3 feeder programs | 123 | Business Administration and Management, General | $46,857 | 38% | — | — |
| 11 | Westminster University Salt Lake City, UT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 43 | Business Administration and Management, General | $58,523 | 64% | $23,154 | 67% |
| 12 | Ensign College Salt Lake City, UT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 30 | Business Analytics | — | 43% | $11,149 | — |
| 13 | Bridgerland Technical College Logan, UT Public · 1 feeder programs | 17 | Data Analytics, General | — | 75% | — | — |
All 13 schools in Utah
Every school in Utah 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.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Governors University | Salt Lake City | Private not-for-profit | 8,456 | 3 |
| Utah Valley University | Orem | Public | 1,504 | 4 |
| Brigham Young University | Provo | Private not-for-profit | 753 | 5 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Public | 662 | 3 |
| Southern Utah University | Cedar City | Public | 431 | 3 |
| Utah State University | Logan | Public | 300 | 4 |
| Weber State University | Ogden | Public | 284 | 4 |
| Salt Lake Community College | Salt Lake City | Public | 275 | 2 |
| Snow College | Ephraim | Public | 164 | 2 |
| Utah Tech University | Saint George | Public | 123 | 3 |
| Westminster University | Salt Lake City | Private not-for-profit | 43 | 2 |
| Ensign College | Salt Lake City | Private not-for-profit | 30 | 3 |
| Bridgerland Technical College | Logan | Public | 17 | 1 |
What management analysts earn in Utah
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $101,860. Utah pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Utah
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
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
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Utah
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 Utah.
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 9,946 degrees in Utah in 2024-25, 76.3% 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 9 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Business/Commerce, Data Analytics, plus 2 more. Together they graduate about 13,042 people a year in Utah.
How much do management analysts earn in Utah?+
The median is $83,530 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 18.0% 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 Utah?+
13 institutions in Utah reported graduates from at least one of the 9 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 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected 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 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, 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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