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MANAGEMENT

Management class

From accounting to marketing to human resource management, develop the skills you need to be critical thinkers for today’s dynamic, technologically complex, and global environment.

About Us

The Department of Management at the U.S. Air Force Academy ranks among the most prestigious management and business degrees in the nation as the #1 undergraduate-only business school in the country and 57th among all undergraduate business schools according to U.S News & World Report Best Colleges.

This program produces critical thinkers who are able to adapt quickly in today’s dynamic, technologically complex, global environment—skills that are essential for Air Force officers and future community leaders. Depending on their focus, cadets study traditional business topics like accounting, finance, human resource management, marketing, production & operations, information systems, strategy, operations research, systems engineering, and other aspects of management.

Management Faculty & Staff

Majors & Minors

Management (Major)
Management
(Major)
Data Science (Co-Administered Major)
Data Science
(Co-Administered Major)
Operations Research (Co-Administered Major)
Operations Research
(Co-Administered Major)
Systems Engineering (Co-Administered Major)
Systems Engineering
(Co-Administered Major)
Social Science (Co-Administered Major)*
Social Science
(Co-Administered Major)*

*Restrictions Apply

Department News News From Around The Department

October 7, 2024

Cadets provide motorist assistance; display leadership skills

Cadets 1st Class Tobias Temple, left, and Nicole Hedges and Cadet 2nd Class Wyatt Bell stand in front of Polaris Hall at the U.S. Air Force Academy Oct. 4, 2024. The cadets provided motorist assistance to a driver trapped inside her overturned vehicle on I-25 North in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 7. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Ward) By Randy Roughton U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – One early September night in Colorado Springs, a motorist flipped her car off the busy interstate, leaving her trapped inside. While cars continued to...

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Cadets 1st Class Tobias Temple, left, and Nicole Hedges and Cadet 2nd Class Wyatt Bell stand in front of Polaris Hall at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
August 26, 2024

Red Tails: Squadron 20 name change honors heritage

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Julian Jackson, one of the driving forces behind Cadet Squadron 20’s redesignation to “Red Tails,” stands in front of memorabilia in the recently redesigned Ready Room Aug. 23, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor Cokley) By Randy Roughton U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – The red tails on Allied aircraft in European skies during World War II symbolized Tuskegee Airmen crews’ commitment to overcoming all obstacles to accomplish their mission. More than 80 years later, a cadet squadron became the first at the U.S. Air Force...

Continue Reading Red Tails: Squadron 20 name change honors heritage

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Julian Jackson, one of the driving forces behind Cadet Squadron 20’s redesignation to “Red Tails,” stands in front of memorabilia in the recently redesigned Ready Room.
July 24, 2024

Grads made their impact on Olympic Games

Alonzo Babers, U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 1983, won two gold medals for U.S. Track and Field in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Here, Babers poses at an overlook above the Academy during a photo shoot after his Olympic performance. (Photo courtesy of Airman magazine, January 1985) By Randy Roughton U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Every four years when the Olympic Games are held, graduates Alonzo Babers and Kathy (Callaghan) Rex reflect on their Olympic experience. Both represented the United States at the Olympics after they graduated from the...

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Alonzo Babers, U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 1983, won two gold medals for U.S. Track and Field in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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