Master's · Fort Wayne, Indiana
Is Business/Commerce, General at Purdue University Fort Wayne 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $98,742
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $121,377
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,255
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $20k (likely $20k – $20k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $57k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1 years (likely 0.7–1.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $384k (likely $247k – $524k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.08M (likely $761k – $1.44M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Purdue University Fort Wayne
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$101,396
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,075
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$83,291
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- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$73,342
- Construction Engineering Technology/Technician (Bachelor's)$72,564
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$69,013
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$63,627
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$60,816
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,385
- Public Administration (Bachelor's)$53,257
Business/Commerce, General at other schools in Indiana
- Indiana University-Indianapolis$171,615
- Indiana University-Bloomington$161,345
- Ball State University$120,992
- Indiana University-Northwest$118,385
- Indiana University-South Bend$115,947
- Indiana University-Southeast$109,847
- Indiana University-Kokomo$101,024
- Indiana Institute of Technology$78,881