Master's · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Metropolitan State 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 2.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $87,139
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $96,236
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $30k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.3 years (likely 1.8–3.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $110k (likely $20k – $202k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $478k (likely $277k – $687k)
- 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 Metropolitan State University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$128,165
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$97,987
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$92,342
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Undergraduate certificate)$90,231
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$85,000
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$83,558
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$83,504
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$81,539
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$79,007
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$74,237
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$73,027
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$72,457
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Minnesota
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$162,817
- University of St Thomas$149,456
- Saint Cloud State University$141,749
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$125,059
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$113,086
- Augsburg University$108,125
- St Catherine University$105,176
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$105,165
- Hamline University$100,989
- Capella University$96,768