Bachelor's · Jackson, Mississippi
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Jackson 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,576
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,970
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $26,625
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $145k (likely $145k – $193k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MS
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.9 years (likely 7.7–13.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$135k (likely −$225k – −$63k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $117k (likely −$21k – $271k)
- 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
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Jackson State University
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$90,577
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$89,702
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$78,824
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$76,656
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$70,684
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$60,039
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$59,996
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$59,254
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$58,096
- Public Health (Master's)$57,970
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$56,747
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$52,107
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Mississippi
- Millsaps College$76,477
- University of Mississippi$67,414
- Belhaven University$62,042
- Strayer University-Mississippi$58,645
- Mississippi State University$55,993
- Delta State University$55,424
- Mississippi Valley State University$53,691
- Mississippi Christian University$52,789
- University of Southern Mississippi$52,089
- William Carey University$51,866