Master's · Indiana, Pennsylvania
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Indiana University of Pennsylvania 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $70,779
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $97,587
- 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
- $27k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.4 years (likely 2.6–4.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $52k (likely −$39k – $144k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $408k (likely $197k – $628k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania$272,321
- Carnegie Mellon University$208,503
- Villanova University$160,428
- Temple University$155,271
- Lehigh University$153,638
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania$147,635
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College$127,665
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley$127,665
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$127,665
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$127,665