Bachelor's · Washington, District of Columbia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of the District of Columbia 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,567
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $70,582
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $40k (likely $40k – $52k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $29k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in DC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.3 years (likely 2.5–4.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $43k (likely −$54k – $132k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $404k (likely $220k – $612k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 30%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Students heading toward business & money majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Statistics
- AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB
IB Higher Level
- Business Management HL
- Economics HL
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Other majors at University of the District of Columbia
- Law (First professional)$90,325
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$89,963
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Associate's)$86,426
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$79,946
- Non-Professional Legal Studies (Bachelor's)$74,158
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$71,572
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$67,720
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$66,952
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$65,986
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (Bachelor's)$57,648
- Business Operations Support and Assistant Services (Associate's)$57,391
- Education, General (Associate's)$51,137
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in District of Columbia
- Georgetown University$117,733
- Howard University$88,875
- American University$88,359
- The Catholic University of America$87,907
- George Washington University$74,092
- Trinity Washington University$66,772
- Strayer University-District of Columbia$58,645
- Strayer University-Global Region$58,645