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Hamline business administration student

Business Administration (BBA)

From small family-owned stores to multinational corporations, the core skills that will bring you success in business transcend markets, sectors, and borders. Hamline's bachelor of business administration degree complements our liberal studies and provides you with a powerful understanding of business disciplines. 

You'll develop a wide range of abilities to manage and lead successful organizations in the face of our increasingly complex modern world, and your learning will extend far beyond the classroom. You'll propose and lead academic research projects, prepare for certification exams, dip your toes in the stock market with the Piper investment club, participate in business analytics competitions, and more. In doing so, you'll learn how to network, practice business etiquette, get hands-on experience at internships, and refine your job hunting skills in workshops and with our career coaches.

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Max Bolger standing outside and smiling

The business faculty at Hamline have been amazing throughout my four years here. They all have incredible domain expertise, and they care about each of their students as individuals and go out of their way to make a direct impact on our learning experiences.

Max Bolger '22, computational data science; data scientist at Optum in Minneapolis, MN

Internships for business administration students

We make sure you leave Hamline with hands-on business experience on your resume—and the opportunities are boundless. Whether you want to explore a career in finance, marketing, management, or beyond, we have internship opportunities for you.

Examples of past business administration student internships include:

  • IN Food Marketing and Design, account services intern
  • Abdo Eick & Meyers, audit intern
  • Neighborhood Development Center, intern
  • Prepare + Prosper, volunteer tax preparer
  • Farmers Insurance Group, marketing intern
  • Find Your Power, database development and systems intern
  • Forest Specialties, LLC, office support intern
  • Foster Klima and Company, finance intern
  • Fred Weber Inc., mining management intern
  • Swing Back at Cancer, digital marketing management intern
  • Ameriprise Financial Shine Wealth, financial planning intern
  • Tiger Oak Media, editorial intern
  • TKDA Engineering, finance and accounting intern
  • Toro Company, finance intern
  • City of St. Paul, risk management intern
  • Clarity Coverdale Fury Advertising, video production intern

Better prepare for your career with our mentor program

With Hamline's career mentor program, you'll graduate with advanced career preparation after working one-on-one with your personal senior executive mentor to plan your career and learn what you need to impress hiring managers and recruiters.

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