Associate Degree in Business
When you earn an Associate Degree in Business here at DeVry, you’ll gain exposure to current business trends and technology as you build your teamwork and communication skills. Our courses help you analyze and solve common business problems and grow your understanding of basic functions including accounting, data analysis and marketing.
After you've completed 30 credit hours in this program, hone your skillset by choosing a specialization that aligns with your goals and interests:
Budgeting and Forecasting Specialization: Develop the fundamental skills needed to help shape an organization’s budgeting and resource plans as you explore accounting principles, learn to design and implement budgets and use accounting information to analyze data.
General Business Specialization: Get hands-on experience as you learn to effectively solve business problems with teams and technology.
Healthcare Business Specialization: Explore essential concepts related to healthcare services including basic medical terminology, characteristics of U.S. healthcare systems and key trends related to the delivery of healthcare services.
Human Resources Specialization: Immerse yourself in the essential functions of human resources and learn to communicate effectively across a diverse workforce.
Project Management Specialization: Learn core project management principals and processes as you prepare to plan, lead and successfully complete complex projects.
Retail Management Specialization: Build your skills in merchandising as you learn tools and techniques to manage operations and solve problems a retail setting.
Sales and Customer Development Specialization: Learn the critical strategies and tools required for gaining and retaining retail customers.
Classes Start Every 8 Weeks
You can earn your Associate Degree in Business in 1 year + 4 months—or even more quickly with qualifying transfer credits.
In addition, our Associate in Business program has achieved voluntary accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP, www.acbsp.org), demonstrating that we have met standards of business education that promote teaching excellence.
DeVry University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), www.hlcommission.org. The University’s Keller Graduate School of Management is included in this accreditation.
Conferral and assessment data is available for all DeVry and Keller ACBSP accredited programs. For a full list of our ACBSP accredited programs, visit our Accreditation page.
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Problem-Solving
Build the knowledge required to implement innovative approaches to solve specialized business problems. -
Technology
Explore technology and innovation's critical role in reshaping contemporary organizations' goals, strategies, management, and operations. -
Collaboration
Demonstrate collaborative skills with diverse populations in multiple settings. -
Communication
Communicate effectively orally and in writing across environments and platforms. -
Ethics
Demonstrate ethical, legal and socially responsible decision-making. Learn how to balance productive business practices with ethical methods that support your employees and customers. -
Business Planning
Develop, evaluate and interpret a long-range budget forecast for a business or business unit to solve problems and make business decisions. -
Data Analysis
Learn to draw conclusions by finding patterns and relationships in numerical data with tools used for statistical analysis. Find out how data analysis can be used to make more efficient databases.
Make every course count. When you earn our Associate Degree in Business at DeVry, you can apply your qualifying courses toward a future related bachelor’s degree program. Build your skills – and your resume – one step at a time.
When applying for your next credential, qualifying transfer credits will be evaluated and the most beneficial outcome will be applied. Future programmatic changes could impact the application of credits to a future program. See Academic Catalog for details.
Microsoft Office Productivity Tools
To ensure you have a robust learning experience, as part of your program, you will use the latest version of Microsoft Office suite to communicate business information, analyze and report findings.
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FAQ: Associate Degree in Business
We think so! An Associate Degree in Business can be worth it if you want to develop a foundational understanding of business principles, boost your skills and build hands-on experience through your coursework. It can also serve as a stepping stone towards a bachelor's degree, offering a cost-effective way to begin your higher education journey.
To enroll in our Associate in Business program you must meet our admissions requirements including completing an interview with an Admissions Representative and meeting our minimum age and education requirements.
The total cost of your degree program will depend on several factors such as whether you qualify for scholarships and grants,3 as well as any qualifying transfer credits you may have. To learn more about our cost per credit hour, visit our Tuition page.
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Program Guides
Associate in Business
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Budgeting & Forecasting Specialization
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General Business Specialization
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Healthcare Business Specialization
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Human Resources Specialization
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Project Management Specialization
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Retail Management Specialization
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Sales and Customer Development Specialization
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1At the time of application to the next credential level, an evaluation of qualifying transfer credit will occur and the most beneficial outcome will be applied. Future programmatic changes could impact the application of credits to a future program. Refer to the academic catalog for details.
2Program and course availability vary by location. In site-based programs, students will be required to take a substantial amount of coursework online to complete their program.
3Scholarships are available to those who apply and qualify. Click here for more information, including any requirements or restrictions. Students may participate in only one DeVry University-based scholarship, grant or group tuition benefit program at a time. Those who qualify for more than one program will be presumed to accept the program with the highest reduction per session cost, unless the student confirms their desire to participate in different program in writing prior to starting classes at DeVry. Scholarship and grant terms and eligibility conditions are subject to change.
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