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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

April 15, 2025

Leading with strategy: Shaping cadets for the complexities of tomorrow

Lt. Col. Emily Bulger, U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Management assistant professor, blends real-world leadership with research-backed teaching practices to prepare the next generation of officers. A 2005 Academy graduate, Bulger considers her return to the Academy as a professor a natural continuation of her journey in leadership and service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dylan Smith) By Mackenzie Mendez U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Whether commanding a finance squadron or leading cadets through business simulations, Lt. Col. Emily Bulger brings strategic depth and operational competency to everything she does. As an...

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Lt. Col. Emily Bulger, U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Management assistant professor, blends real-world leadership with research-backed teaching practices to prepare the next generation of officers.
October 22, 2024

Cadets put leadership, warfighter skills to the test

Class of 2027 cadets check their map during the land navigation event in the Fall Culminating Exercise at Jacks Valley Oct. 17, 2024. The 15-hour exercise tested more than 4,000 cadets on critical thinking, leadership and warfighter skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor Cokley) By Randy Roughton U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Cadets from all 40 squadrons tested their critical thinking, leadership and warfighter skills during the U.S. Air Force Academy’s two-day 2024 Fall Culminating Exercise Oct. 17-18. The CULEX replaced the Commandant’s Challenge and Commandant Training Day and directly supports one...

Continue Reading Cadets put leadership, warfighter skills to the test

Class of 2027 cadets check their map during the land navigation event in the Fall Culminating Exercise at Jacks Valley.
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...

Continue Reading 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.
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