Bachelor's · Santa Clarita, California

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at The Master's University and Seminary worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $57,532; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $71,069; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $21,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $159k (likely $143k – $203k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $31k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 7.4 years (likely 5.7–9.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$86k (likely −$209k – $22k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $303k (likely $99k – $508k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 58%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26