Bachelor's · Springfield, Illinois
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Illinois Springfield 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 2.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $51,155
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,057
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $17,741
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $32k (likely $32k – $39k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $27k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.6 years (likely 2.1–3.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $60k (likely −$3k – $125k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $395k (likely $262k – $560k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 53%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- 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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📈 Getting ready in high school
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 Illinois Springfield
- Computer Science (Master's)$126,156
- Computer Systems Analysis (Master's)$108,265
- Mathematics and Computer Science (Master's)$106,805
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$102,886
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$102,020
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$94,965
- Public Administration (Master's)$77,237
- Political Science and Government (Master's)$76,243
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$74,295
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$73,514
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$72,681
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$71,271
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$107,904
- Loyola University Chicago$89,745
- Augustana College$81,562
- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale$78,040
- Elmhurst University$76,678
- Rasmussen University-Illinois$76,176
- DePaul University$74,847
- Northern Illinois University$73,176
- Bradley University$73,110
- Lewis University$71,987