Master's · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 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 1.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $98,487
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $129,009
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $44,414
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $47k (likely $47k – $47k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $73k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in LA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.7 years (likely 1.5–2.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $501k (likely $417k – $585k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.37M (likely $1.13M – $1.62M)
- 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 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
- Veterinary Medicine (First professional)$116,717
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$114,226
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$108,539
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$106,897
- Construction Management (Master's)$106,632
- Law (First professional)$103,602
- Petroleum Engineering (Bachelor's)$103,421
- Construction Management (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$103,041
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$99,975
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$97,208
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$95,302
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$94,748
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Louisiana
- Tulane University of Louisiana$124,014
- Nicholls State University$99,776
- Louisiana State University-Shreveport$87,130
- University of New Orleans$85,215
- Louisiana Tech University$81,197
- University of Louisiana at Monroe$80,675
- Southeastern Louisiana University$79,499
- McNeese State University$74,948
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette$73,988
- Southern University and A & M College$73,081