Master's · Ithaca, New York
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Cornell 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 1.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $211,294
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $243,430
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $143,214
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $152k (likely $152k – $152k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $175k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.8 years (likely 1.5–2.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $1.36M (likely $1.24M – $1.48M)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $3.40M (likely $3.01M – $3.80M)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 5%
- 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 Cornell University
- Law (Doctoral)$259,851
- Computer Science (Master's)$235,762
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$223,309
- Operations Research (Master's)$203,340
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$196,882
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$163,586
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$161,226
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$156,103
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$155,909
- Operations Research (Bachelor's)$151,709
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$147,241
- Agricultural Business and Management (Bachelor's)$145,218
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
- 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
- Pace University$116,454