Bachelor's · Milledgeville, Georgia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Georgia Military College 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 4.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $52,509
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $69,353
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,352
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $78k (likely $78k – $107k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $33k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.3 years (likely 3.5–5.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $54k (likely −$45k – $130k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $451k (likely $273k – $640k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 35%
- 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 Georgia Military College
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate's)$54,270
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (Associate's)$46,551
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$41,613
- Biology, General (Associate's)$40,539
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$40,137
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$36,809
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Associate's)$36,124
- Psychology, General (Associate's)$34,197
- Social Work (Associate's)$31,297
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Georgia
- Emory University$136,731
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus$106,155
- University of Georgia$80,881
- Mercer University$75,835
- Georgia Southern University$74,726
- Georgia College & State University$71,795
- Kennesaw State University$70,708
- Morehouse College$69,422
- Georgia State University$68,644
- DeVry University-Georgia$68,231