Business Administration, Management and Operations: master's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of business administration, management and operations graduates (master's degree) one year after graduation, at 898 colleges. National median: $78,259, rising to $95,086 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Northwestern University	IL	$267,548	$244,399	$189,110
2	New York University	NY	$221,814	$232,460	$105,777
3	Dartmouth College	NH	$211,114	$239,178	$41,000
4	University of Chicago	IL	$207,003	$243,256	$30,750
5	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$202,471	$272,321	$75,483
6	Yale University	CT	$198,968	$234,034	$100,250
7	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$198,087	$224,229	$87,373
8	Cornell University	NY	$196,713	$226,632	$143,214
9	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$186,447	$203,447	—
10	Duke University	NC	$180,247	$222,160	$118,030
11	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$171,110	$194,296	$56,000
12	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$171,110	$194,296	$56,000
13	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$171,110	$194,296	$56,000
14	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$171,077	$197,707	$116,002
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$168,634	$206,293	$59,338
16	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$168,099	$178,484	$84,506
17	Vanderbilt University	TN	$167,246	$190,365	$67,950
18	Santa Clara University	CA	$166,185	$195,995	$92,990
19	Emory University	GA	$163,542	$196,191	—
20	Georgetown University	DC	$149,609	$188,160	$96,466
21	Villanova University	PA	$149,104	$160,428	$41,000
22	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$148,009	$124,014	—
23	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$147,218	$151,907	$31,588
24	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$144,701	$136,439	$30,000
25	Hofstra University	NY	$143,931	$155,876	—
26	California College of the Arts	CA	$142,998	$157,122	—
27	University of Southern California	CA	$142,394	$181,250	$84,430
28	University of California-Irvine	CA	$141,407	$148,411	$61,500
29	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$141,228	$153,933	$55,030
30	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$139,846	$154,407	—
31	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$139,473	$160,946	$68,913
32	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$138,584	$165,473	$35,690
33	Roseman University of Health Sciences	NV	$138,425	$143,873	—
34	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$135,945	$162,817	$72,655
35	Temple University	PA	$135,765	$155,271	$44,625
36	Boston College	MA	$134,070	$152,252	$71,749
37	Belmont University	TN	$133,994	$71,009	—
38	Washington State University	WA	$133,898	$144,028	$50,630
39	Auburn University	AL	$133,552	$154,831	$41,000
40	George Washington University	DC	$131,838	$146,816	$63,928
41	Tufts University	MA	$131,825	—	$51,250
42	University of St Thomas	MN	$131,775	$149,456	$61,143
43	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$131,101	$132,036	—
44	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$130,265	$155,535	$46,750
45	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$130,265	$155,535	$46,750
46	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$130,265	$155,535	$46,750
47	Lehigh University	PA	$129,715	$153,638	—
48	James Madison University	VA	$129,455	$150,316	$41,000
49	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$129,197	$121,825	$45,819
50	University of Iowa	IA	$128,927	$139,677	$49,156
51	Butler University	IN	$128,826	$125,011	$43,594
52	Golden Gate University	CA	$128,142	$135,150	$51,250
53	University of Mary Washington	VA	$127,862	$113,022	$33,000
54	Brigham Young University	UT	$127,622	$158,399	$41,000
55	Babson College	MA	$127,455	$178,909	$50,841
56	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$126,257	$138,487	$30,750
57	Howard University	DC	$126,100	$135,741	$97,694
58	University of Georgia	GA	$125,319	$154,042	$62,060
59	Texas Christian University	TX	$125,010	$151,190	$41,000
60	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$124,832	$144,308	$42,172
61	Syracuse University	NY	$124,136	$138,634	$78,470
62	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$123,952	$152,108	$43,911
63	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$123,739	$138,445	$41,000
64	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$123,562	$140,481	$47,250
65	University of Richmond	VA	$123,148	$131,832	$35,500
66	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$122,042	$127,665	$44,875
67	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley	PA	$122,042	$127,665	$44,875
68	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$122,042	$127,665	$44,875
69	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	$122,042	$127,665	$44,875
70	George Mason University	VA	$122,008	$134,691	$41,000
71	Michigan State University	MI	$121,954	$142,927	$52,543
72	University of Delaware	DE	$120,257	$135,799	$27,838
73	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$120,179	$145,191	$37,623
74	University of Utah	UT	$119,499	$144,680	$41,000
75	Kettering University	MI	$119,450	$136,553	$32,612
76	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$118,526	$139,427	$50,915
77	Baylor University	TX	$118,299	$130,178	$56,250
78	Boston University	MA	$118,075	$147,178	$34,167
79	Xavier University	OH	$117,928	$118,223	$40,305
80	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$116,913	$147,453	$41,000
81	Fordham University	NY	$116,530	$143,127	$61,500
82	DePaul University	IL	$116,074	$144,859	$50,761
83	University of Rochester	NY	$116,000	$138,177	$67,955
84	University of Arkansas	AR	$115,934	$157,358	$41,000
85	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$115,295	$119,814	$51,250
86	University of Arizona	AZ	$114,760	$143,150	$51,250
87	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$114,320	$146,587	—
88	Queens University of Charlotte	NC	$114,028	$120,405	$51,250
89	Saint Mary's College of California	CA	$114,008	$161,500	$50,364
90	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$113,452	$129,423	$46,603
91	Lawrence Technological University	MI	$113,152	$126,179	$41,000
92	Kennesaw State University	GA	$113,115	$133,753	$35,750
93	Loyola University Maryland	MD	$112,983	$133,245	$41,000
94	Pepperdine University	CA	$112,921	$141,949	$115,263
95	William & Mary	VA	$112,878	$125,353	$57,787
96	University of Scranton	PA	$112,326	$118,200	$41,000
97	University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	$111,438	$142,710	$34,115
98	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$111,348	$129,044	$45,370
99	University of San Francisco	CA	$111,229	$143,796	$68,192
100	Harvard University	MA	$111,071	$113,503	$34,302
101	University of San Diego	CA	$110,881	$163,311	$46,407
102	New England College	NH	$110,752	$105,129	—
103	Marist University	NY	$110,439	$142,180	$30,625
104	University of Connecticut	CT	$110,188	$150,756	$51,311
105	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$110,188	$150,756	$51,311
106	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$110,188	$150,756	$51,311
107	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$110,188	$150,756	$51,311
108	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$110,188	$150,756	$51,311
109	University of Houston	TX	$109,810	$138,841	$41,000
110	University of Hartford	CT	$109,768	$126,408	$33,137
111	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$109,407	$118,750	$47,704
112	Bentley University	MA	$109,265	$156,061	$37,922
113	Wake Forest University	NC	$109,005	$135,677	$63,457
114	Boise State University	ID	$108,771	$107,178	$40,642
115	Oregon State University	OR	$108,582	$104,745	$41,000
116	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$108,582	$104,745	$41,000
117	George Fox University	OR	$108,182	$115,514	$29,945
118	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$107,789	$136,709	$41,000
119	Bryant University	RI	$107,321	$129,664	$20,500
120	Marquette University	WI	$107,207	$140,858	$41,000
121	University of Kansas	KS	$106,776	$112,311	$32,267
122	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$106,759	$125,086	$37,425
123	University of Wyoming	WY	$106,485	$122,366	$23,261
124	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	$106,231	$110,635	—
125	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$105,984	$127,702	—
126	University of Florida	FL	$105,942	$137,404	$35,062
127	California State University-East Bay	CA	$105,872	$121,899	$36,256
128	Elizabethtown College	PA	$105,550	$108,773	$29,037
129	American University	DC	$105,389	$127,269	$88,832
130	Saint Cloud State University	MN	$105,017	$141,749	$20,663
131	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$104,617	$116,932	$41,000
132	Wayne State University	MI	$104,170	$116,326	$41,000
133	West Texas A & M University	TX	$104,152	$124,819	$28,434
134	Seattle University	WA	$104,089	$132,795	$47,833
135	Bethel University	MN	$104,009	$96,278	$30,468
136	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$102,889	$154,688	$41,000
137	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	$102,606	$147,635	$21,250
138	Creighton University	NE	$102,308	$121,864	$46,552
139	Northern Illinois University	IL	$101,869	$119,872	$36,973
140	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$101,525	$114,582	$23,387
141	Southern Methodist University	TX	$100,986	$188,716	$56,794
142	San Francisco State University	CA	$100,581	$131,094	$41,300
143	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	CO	$100,560	$96,850	$37,149
144	Weber State University	UT	$100,481	$119,424	$31,300
145	California Lutheran University	CA	$100,386	$150,979	$41,000
146	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$100,287	$119,976	$40,950
147	Western Michigan University	MI	$100,062	$96,045	—
148	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$100,027	$118,430	$27,685
149	Sonoma State University	CA	$99,923	$127,133	$41,000
150	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$99,899	$119,730	$24,014
151	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$99,875	$137,635	$52,317
152	Saint Norbert College	WI	$99,757	$99,392	—
153	University of Michigan-Flint	MI	$99,645	$110,493	$47,413
154	University of Baltimore	MD	$99,254	$111,257	—
155	California State University-Monterey Bay	CA	$99,185	$115,179	$36,973
156	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$99,045	$102,853	$27,766
157	DeSales University	PA	$99,020	$115,797	$27,972
158	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	$98,994	$118,289	$28,937
159	La Salle University	PA	$98,980	$120,754	$38,517
160	Oakland University	MI	$98,662	$122,437	$37,384
161	California State University-San Marcos	CA	$98,028	$105,743	$35,500
162	Saint Louis University	MO	$97,928	$110,691	$41,000
163	D'Youville University	NY	$97,660	$101,269	—
164	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$97,637	$125,059	—
165	Western Washington University	WA	$97,561	$97,723	—
166	Augusta University	GA	$97,526	$82,965	$20,500
167	Oklahoma City University	OK	$97,345	$96,193	$34,259
168	University of Miami	FL	$97,309	$128,052	$142,747
169	Ferris State University	MI	$97,003	$115,819	—
170	Marymount University	VA	$96,983	$129,400	$51,941
171	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$96,912	$111,874	$25,000
172	National Louis University	IL	$96,880	$86,139	$36,763
173	Carroll University	WI	$96,824	$94,526	$31,320
174	Old Dominion University	VA	$96,633	$108,161	$41,000
175	University of La Verne	CA	$96,545	$112,462	$41,000
176	University of North Dakota	ND	$96,495	$126,170	$21,859
177	Portland State University	OR	$96,412	$123,281	$41,000
178	Morgan State University	MD	$96,190	$89,892	$36,646
179	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	WI	$96,095	$112,770	$23,522
180	Hamline University	MN	$96,086	$100,989	$41,000
181	The New School	NY	$96,025	$90,410	—
182	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$95,886	$126,287	$39,000
183	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$95,782	$132,747	$50,549
184	Champlain College	VT	$95,749	$113,253	$41,000
185	Augsburg University	MN	$95,695	$108,125	$34,167
186	St Catherine University	MN	$95,679	$105,176	$32,625
187	University of South Florida	FL	$95,668	$112,594	$30,541
188	Elon University	NC	$95,409	$105,377	—
189	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$95,148	—	$34,138
190	Concordia University Ann Arbor	MI	$95,128	$90,507	$28,625
191	Concordia University-Wisconsin	WI	$95,128	$90,507	$28,625
192	SUNY Brockport	NY	$95,102	—	$26,681
193	SUNY Maritime College	NY	$94,771	$104,501	$28,875
194	Suffolk University	MA	$94,568	$125,542	$61,500
195	California State University-Northridge	CA	$94,472	$115,123	$30,500
196	University of Dallas	TX	$94,322	$111,746	$55,980
197	The University of Texas Permian Basin	TX	$94,269	$95,615	$22,760
198	Clemson University	SC	$94,258	$114,399	$42,233
199	Central Michigan University	MI	$94,053	$96,611	$36,219
200	University of North Alabama	AL	$94,017	$92,349	$36,803
201	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$94,008	$102,151	$41,000
202	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$93,878	$108,489	$24,500
203	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	$93,817	—	—
204	Sam Houston State University	TX	$93,734	$99,143	$34,750
205	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$93,668	$120,394	$41,000
206	University of Maine	ME	$93,621	$106,958	—
207	Florida Institute of Technology	FL	$93,435	$107,776	$37,585
208	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	WI	$93,391	$127,239	$20,558
209	Capital University	OH	$92,997	$108,101	—
210	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach	FL	$92,637	$110,336	$37,750
211	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	FL	$92,637	$110,336	$37,750
212	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$92,612	$96,337	$51,995
213	University of Tulsa	OK	$92,588	$105,347	$30,788
214	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$92,482	$117,931	$74,500
215	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	MN	$92,405	$105,165	$30,750
216	Regis University	CO	$92,331	$91,772	$41,000
217	Utah State University	UT	$92,013	$112,070	$39,000
218	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$91,925	$108,588	$44,478
219	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$91,826	$122,997	$30,750
220	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$91,691	$120,107	$44,414
221	University at Albany	NY	$91,655	$113,822	$35,400
222	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	$91,623	—	—
223	Colorado State University Global	CO	$91,572	$102,672	$40,366
224	York College of Pennsylvania	PA	$91,530	$118,510	—
225	Norwich University	VT	$91,519	$112,948	$44,742
226	Alaska Pacific University	AK	$91,490	$146,291	—
227	Gonzaga University	WA	$91,485	$101,090	$34,526
228	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$91,453	$104,581	$34,558
229	California State University-Chico	CA	$91,421	$109,161	$35,500
230	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$91,342	—	$35,074
231	University of Rhode Island	RI	$91,337	$108,248	$20,500
232	Bradley University	IL	$91,074	$111,907	—
233	Drake University	IA	$90,956	$137,890	$34,035
234	Viterbo University	WI	$90,874	$91,559	$22,638
235	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$90,870	$115,427	$34,112
236	Walsh College	MI	$90,840	$114,835	$46,935
237	Charter Oak State College	CT	$90,812	—	—
238	California State University-Dominguez Hills	CA	$90,399	$97,035	—
239	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$90,371	$142,034	$38,128
240	Benedictine University	IL	$90,293	$102,850	$61,582
241	Thomas Jefferson University	PA	$90,203	$92,407	$48,336
242	Northeastern University	MA	$90,182	$84,704	$35,875
243	Northeastern University Professional Programs	MA	$90,182	$84,704	$35,875
244	Westminster University	UT	$90,116	$119,269	$41,000
245	University of Redlands	CA	$90,112	$102,867	$34,167
246	Chapman University	CA	$90,106	$121,592	$96,504
247	Claremont Graduate University	CA	$90,040	$97,135	—
248	Mount Saint Mary's University	CA	$90,012	$109,544	$41,000
249	Pittsburg State University	KS	$89,945	$76,819	$18,599
250	Excelsior University	NY	$89,883	$93,206	$27,334
251	Indiana State University	IN	$89,799	$95,438	$20,820
252	University at Buffalo	NY	$89,738	$114,480	$38,171
253	California State University-Bakersfield	CA	$89,700	$120,351	$37,021
254	Western New England University	MA	$89,492	$105,702	—
255	Southern Oregon University	OR	$89,370	$76,336	$38,792
256	Hood College	MD	$89,271	$75,246	—
257	Western Governors University	UT	$89,182	$98,950	$13,816
258	Clarkson University	NY	$89,114	$98,831	—
259	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$89,017	$106,907	$23,852
260	Baldwin Wallace University	OH	$89,009	$106,526	$41,000
261	Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion	IN	$88,880	$92,437	$37,620
262	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global	IN	$88,880	$92,437	$37,620
263	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	$88,718	$120,833	$27,098
264	Willamette University	OR	$88,668	$101,544	$74,019
265	Brandeis University	MA	$88,504	$102,843	$44,895
266	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	AR	$88,500	$106,341	—
267	Union University	TN	$88,489	$99,874	$46,982
268	Georgia Southern University	GA	$88,451	$116,006	$35,341
269	Radford University	VA	$88,381	—	—
270	University of Southern Indiana	IN	$88,380	$93,352	$18,713
271	The University of Alabama	AL	$87,904	$112,515	$27,500
272	Purdue University Global	IN	$87,898	$71,228	$43,874
273	University of North Texas	TX	$87,816	$106,253	$27,010
274	Centenary University	NJ	$87,814	$110,053	$30,750
275	Iowa State University	IA	$87,465	$123,109	$40,569
276	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$87,417	$116,033	$30,750
277	Texas Wesleyan University	TX	$87,413	$98,202	$37,449
278	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$87,354	$114,535	$55,563
279	Capella University	MN	$87,289	$96,768	$26,459
280	Drexel University	PA	$87,207	$120,812	$43,261
281	Louisiana State University-Shreveport	LA	$87,130	—	—
282	The University of Arizona Global Campus	AZ	$87,128	$77,414	$41,000
283	University of Wisconsin-Parkside	WI	$87,031	$99,850	—
284	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$86,986	$108,063	$41,000
285	Bay Path University	MA	$86,872	$90,125	$37,172
286	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	$86,785	$113,253	—
287	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$86,757	$141,437	$33,883
288	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$86,757	$141,437	$33,883
289	Assumption University	MA	$86,662	$102,181	—
290	Empire State University	NY	$86,659	$114,116	$36,805
291	East Texas A&M University	TX	$86,651	$105,692	$30,622
292	Webster University	MO	$86,613	$90,950	$43,796
293	East Carolina University	NC	$86,591	$98,563	$30,000
294	The University of Findlay	OH	$86,544	$100,236	$24,475
295	Georgia College & State University	GA	$86,530	$98,271	—
296	Elmhurst University	IL	$86,319	$102,847	$35,448
297	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$86,091	$95,852	$41,000
298	Oklahoma Baptist University	OK	$85,996	—	—
299	Houston Christian University	TX	$85,964	$98,858	$49,711
300	Southern Utah University	UT	$85,939	$96,757	$22,246

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do business administration, management and operations graduates earn?

The median college reports $78,259 in earnings one year after a master's degree in business administration, management and operations and $95,086 four years after. The highest is $267,548 at Northwestern University.

How much student debt do business administration, management and operations graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $34,166 at the typical college.