Master's · San Francisco, California
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Golden Gate University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $137,640
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $145,167
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $51,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $54k (likely $54k – $54k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $76k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.3 years (likely 1.1–1.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $520k (likely $405k – $651k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.32M (likely $1.08M – $1.60M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Golden Gate University
- Taxation (Master's)$134,927
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$131,366
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$123,772
- Public Administration (Master's)$122,598
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$120,311
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$111,252
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$107,694
- Law (First professional)$96,079
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$95,577
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$91,369
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in California
- Stanford University$261,816
- University of California-Los Angeles$223,358
- Santa Clara University$195,995
- University of Southern California$181,250
- University of San Diego$163,311
- Saint Mary's College of California$161,500
- California College of the Arts$157,122
- University of California-Davis$155,416
- California Lutheran University$150,979
- University of California-San Diego$149,271