Quick answer:28 colleges within 100 miles of Pittsburg, Kansas award a business and management degree, the nearest about 2 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024).
Compare business and management programs you can start from Pittsburg:
Business and Management Program Access Near Pittsburg, Kansas
Distance from Pittsburg
Colleges awarding this degree
Within 25 miles
1
Within 50 miles
6
Within 100 miles
28
Within 250 miles
154
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
There are 6 degree-awarding colleges within 50 miles of Pittsburg, rising to 28 within 100 miles. The nearest is about 2 miles away, so a hybrid schedule is workable but a daily commute would be a commitment.
Choosing a Business and Management Program From Pittsburg
The subject matter does not change by location: accounting and finance, operations and supply chain, business law and contracts, project management, and people management. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from AACSB, ACBSP or IACBE, the recognized programmatic accreditors for business programs, how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
Colleges Near Pittsburg
How we rank schools – graduation rate, graduate earnings, cost and retention.
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This page lists 10 schools
within 106 miles, closest group first, then ordered by
BOC Score with the highest at the top.
10 of them carry a score.
LOCAL RANK
Location / proximity to this page
Defines the local group
Graduation rate how often students finish
30%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry whether it paid off
25%
Average net price what students actually pay after aid; lower ranks higher
20%
Retention rate how many come back for year two
15%
Fully online availability whether you can study while working
10%
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#1
Ottawa University-Kansas City
📍
Overland Park, KS
•104.9 miles away•BOC Score
61.1
TuitionContact school for pricing
Contact
4370 W. 109th Street Suite 200 Overland Park, KS 66211
What General and Operations Managers Earn in Kansas
General and Operations Managers in Kansas earn a median $92,840 per year against $105,770 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The Kansas median for general and operations managers is $92,840 per year, below the national median of $105,770, on state employment of 24,660 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in Pittsburg specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the Kansas page.
U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Completions, 2024 - institutions awarding this degree, with IPEDS institution coordinates
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 - General and Operations Managers (SOC 11-1021)
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