Master's · Kennesaw, Georgia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Kennesaw State 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 1.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $121,499
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $143,667
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $35,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $38k (likely $38k – $38k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $82k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.1 years (likely 0.9–1.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $629k (likely $544k – $720k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.62M (likely $1.37M – $1.87M)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$106,491
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- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$103,054
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- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Doctoral)$98,046
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Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Georgia
- Emory University$196,191
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus$178,484
- University of Georgia$154,042
- Georgia Southern University$116,006
- Georgia College & State University$98,271
- University of West Georgia$97,803
- Clark Atlanta University$90,217
- DeVry University-Georgia$87,024
- Valdosta State University$84,918
- Berry College$83,593