Master's · Chester, Pennsylvania
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Widener 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 2.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $91,081
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $111,462
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $33,950
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $36k (likely $36k – $36k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $40k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.4 years (likely 1.7–3.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $177k (likely $64k – $315k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $693k (likely $419k – $1.02M)
- 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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- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Bachelor's)$98,777
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$98,272
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- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$96,854
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$96,427
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$95,901
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$95,230
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$91,655
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$91,145
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