Three Great Careers for an Online Degree in Business

By Joe Cooper
Career Colleges Columnist

What can you do with an online degree in business? Earn a salary well above the national average, for one thing. A degree program from an online business school will prepare you for a variety of industries, positions, and career paths.

Like most online degrees, an online business degree sets you up for variety. Here are just three ideas for a career after online business school.

Business and Office Managers
Whether it's contracts, facilities, customer service, or other essential business functions -- you can manage it. After an online degree program in business, you may start off reporting to one, but after a few years, you will find an opportunity to manage an essential function of a large or small business. (The average salary for this type of position was over $60,000 two years ago, too).

Business Management Consultant
Consultants are a key to a business's success, and about a third work for themselves. Help executives make decisions on policy, infrastructure, personnel, economic goals, and more as a business consultant. An online business school will give you the background you need in advertising, global markets, and finance to be successful, and you can look forward to an average salary of over $63,000.

Marketing or Product Manager
How much market share is your product holding? How can you build more strategic relationships? How can you sell your product to your target audience? Marketers and product managers ask these questions on a daily basis. One of the great things about an online degree program in business is that you can earn an emphasis in a specific area, like marketing. After you earn your online business degree and gain some experience, you might qualify for an average salary of over $87,000, too.

About the Author
Joe Cooper is a freelance education and technology writer and edits medical literature. He holds a bachelor's in American Literature from UCLA.

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