Office Management and Supervision Degrees (2026 stats)

Office Management and Supervision: what the data shows

Common questions about office management and supervision degrees, answered from IPEDS, College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, and O*NET in this repository—not program marketing copy.

What is a office management and supervision degree?

A Office Management and Supervision program is classified under NCES CIP 52.0204 in the Business Administration, Management and Operations field family (52.02).

A program that prepares individuals to supervise and manage the operations and personnel of business offices and management-level divisions. Includes instruction in employee supervision, management, and labor relations; budgeting; scheduling and coordination; office systems operation and maintenance; office records management, organization, and security; office facilities design and space management; preparation and evaluation of business management data; and public relations

IPEDS counted 291 completions for this CIP in the survey year in our extract.

Types of office management and supervision degrees and related programs

Other NCES program codes in the 52.02 family with pages on EDsmart Data:

• Business Administration and Management, General (CIP 52.0201)
• Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other (CIP 52.0299)
• Customer Service Management (CIP 52.0207)
• E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce (CIP 52.0208)
• Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management (CIP 52.0203)
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management (CIP 52.0206)
• Operations Management and Supervision (CIP 52.0205)
• Organizational Leadership (CIP 52.0213)
• Project Management (CIP 52.0211)
• Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management (CIP 52.0202)
• Research Administration (CIP 52.0214)
• Research and Development Management (CIP 52.0210)
• Retail Management (CIP 52.0212)
• Risk Management (CIP 52.0215)
• Science/Technology Management (CIP 52.0216)
• Transportation/Mobility Management (CIP 52.0209)

How long does it take to get a office management and supervision degree?

Award levels reported to IPEDS for CIP 52.0204 in our file:

• 1,025 Associate (74.5% of IPEDS total)—about two years of full-time study
• 291 Bachelor's (21.1% of IPEDS total)—typically four years
• 60 Master's (4.4% of IPEDS total)—one to two years beyond a bachelor's

Time to completion depends on enrollment intensity and transfer credits; figures above describe credential type, not calendar time for every student.

What degree do you need?

For Database Administrators (top mapped occupation), O*NET incumbent surveys in our career profile report these education credentials most often: Some college (29%), High School or Equivalent (27%), Bachelors Degree (22%).

O*NET education distributions describe incumbent workers, not minimum legal or employer requirements.

What jobs can you get with a office management and supervision degree?

Our degree→occupation mapping links Office Management and Supervision to the BLS roles below. Employment is U.S. OEWS; median wage is national May 2024 where published in our extract.

See Careers & Jobs for mean wages and industry context.

Is a office management and supervision degree worth it?

College Scorecard national medians for the Business Administration, Management and Operations bachelor's program family: median debt $22,650, median earnings $68,257 four years after enrollment. Debt-to-earnings proxy: 0.49.

About 4.3% of graduates in this field family were not working and not enrolled one year after completion in Scorecard's national program medians.

Among schools reporting in our Scorecard extract, median published in-state tuition is $6,362 and median net price is $15,939.

We do not score "worth" on opinion—compare debt, earnings, wages for mapped occupations, and completion data above against your cost and career target.