Atlanta, GA (population: 571,861) has thirteen business management schools within its city limits. Emory University, the highest ranked school in the city with a business management program, has a total student population of 12,930. It is the 30th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Georgia. To learn more about business management programs in Atlanta, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of business management professors at Emory University such as Stephen Brown, Allison Burdette, Frame, Amit Goyal, Nikki Graves, and Clifton Green.
Business Management students from Atlanta schools who go on to become business executives, businessmen, businesswomen, managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 6,063,670 people working as business and financial operations employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,900. Also, Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes make on average $87,430 per year and there are about 11,700 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area alone, there are 360 employed agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes earning an average salary of $66,710. Business and financial operations employees in this area earn $72,370/yr and there are 134,620 employed.
Atlanta lies in Fulton county, which is one of the 106 counties in Georgia. Overall, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area has 2,290,890 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0% unemployment rate, $22/hr average worker wage, and a $45,520 average annual salary. Thus, about 59 out of every 1000 jobs in Atlanta are held by business and financial operations employees, and 0/1000 are held by agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes.
Of the 13 business management schools in Atlanta, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Bauder College comes out as the most expensive ($48,186/yr) for business management students, with Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus as the lowest, reported at only $8,258/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Atlanta |
| East Point | GA | 43,748 | 1 | 19.2965 | 19 | 6.9 miles |
| North Atlanta | GA | 51,827 | 0 | - | 0 | 8.6 miles |
| Smyrna | GA | 51,091 | 1 | 28.0461 | 13 | 9.5 miles |
| Clarkston | GA | - | 1 | 14.4911 | 66 | 10.9 miles |
| Dunwoody | GA | - | 2 | 14.3983 | 27 | 13.8 miles |
| Marietta | GA | 68,931 | 9 | 28.245 | 294 | 14.8 miles |
| Norcross | GA | - | 2 | 30.2342 | 8 | 17.3 miles |
| Lilburn | GA | - | 1 | 22.8637 | 13 | 18.3 miles |
| Roswell | GA | 88,928 | 3 | 23.7384 | 79 | 19.7 miles |
| Kennesaw | GA | - | 4 | 32.3396 | 98 | 21.4 miles |
| Alpharetta | GA | 51,285 | 0 | - | 0 | 23.1 miles |
| Conyers | GA | - | 1 | 21.0336 | 7 | 24.0 miles |
| Lawrenceville | GA | - | 6 | 29.0817 | 196 | 28.3 miles |
| Oakwood | GA | - | 2 | 16.9986 | 102 | 44.6 miles |
| Rome | GA | - | 3 | 29.4765 | 155 | 54.8 miles |
| Mount Berry | GA | - | 1 | 63.3969 | 60 | 56.4 miles |
| Lagrange | GA | - | 2 | 12.8452 | 41 | 61.3 miles |
| Dalton | GA | - | 1 | 15.0432 | 33 | 76.6 miles |
| Macon | GA | 94,286 | 6 | 33.1618 | 295 | 77.3 miles |
| Toccoa Falls | GA | - | 1 | 28.3429 | 33 | 83.8 miles |
| Rock Spring | GA | - | 1 | 1.08982 | 0 | 87.3 miles |
| Fort Valley | GA | - | 1 | 21.9471 | 51 | 89.0 miles |
| Warner Robins | GA | 64,183 | 3 | 21.3509 | 61 | 91.8 miles |
| Phenix City | AL | - | 1 | 9.50663 | 23 | 95.3 miles |