Bachelor's · Portland, Maine
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Southern Maine worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $55,299
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $70,065
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $63k (likely $63k – $86k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $30k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in ME
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.9 years (likely 3.3–4.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $37k (likely −$34k – $98k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $405k (likely $271k – $564k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 43%
- 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 Southern Maine
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$94,721
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,515
- Public Health (Master's)$88,404
- Law (First professional)$83,912
- Law (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$83,045
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$79,352
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$77,734
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$75,465
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$75,054
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$74,882
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$73,068
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Maine
- Maine Maritime Academy$123,155
- Saint Joseph's College of Maine$70,318
- University of Maine$66,867
- Husson University$62,059
- University of New England$61,240
- Thomas College$52,490
- University of Maine at Presque Isle$50,411
- University of Maine at Augusta$50,348
- University of Maine at Farmington$47,757