Master's · Buffalo, New York
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Canisius University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 2.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $76,531
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $100,200
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $32k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.5 years (likely 1.9–3.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $116k (likely $34k – $207k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $528k (likely $341k – $770k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Canisius University
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$84,080
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$82,563
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$70,001
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$66,256
- Economics (Bachelor's)$65,757
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$62,955
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$62,398
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$62,097
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$61,958
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$61,044
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,750
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$60,674
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$251,708
- New York University$232,460
- Cornell University$226,632
- Hofstra University$155,876
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$144,308
- Fordham University$143,127
- Marist University$142,180
- Syracuse University$138,634
- University of Rochester$138,177
- Binghamton University$118,876