Associate's · Midland, Michigan
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Northwood University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 1.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $80,368
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,044
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $55k (likely $55k – $64k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $44k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.9 years (likely 1.3–3.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $297k (likely $132k – $489k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $796k (likely $450k – $1.20M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 64%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$92,321
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$84,734
- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations (Bachelor's)$77,647
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$75,316
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$73,460
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$68,679
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$68,008
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$67,477
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$64,405
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$63,804
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$62,860
- International Business (Bachelor's)$62,720
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- Cornerstone University$61,067
- Oakland Community College$58,757
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- Macomb Community College$50,121
- Mid Michigan College$49,822
- Grand Rapids Community College$49,401
- Delta College$49,377
- Mott Community College$49,051