Master's · Ruston, Louisiana
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Louisiana Tech University 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 1.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $80,150
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $87,215
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,486
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $23k (likely $23k – $23k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $31k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in LA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.6 years (likely 1.2–2.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $146k (likely $62k – $244k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $507k (likely $317k – $717k)
- 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 Tech University
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$111,086
- Engineering, Other (Bachelor's)$105,080
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$99,526
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$98,240
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$96,365
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$92,457
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,619
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,454
- Air Transportation (Bachelor's)$83,323
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$81,524
- Construction Engineering Technology/Technician (Bachelor's)$77,558
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$77,475
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Louisiana
- Tulane University of Louisiana$124,014
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College$120,107
- Nicholls State University$99,776
- Louisiana State University-Shreveport$87,130
- University of New Orleans$85,215
- 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