Master's · Charleston, South Carolina
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at College of Charleston 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 1.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $83,067
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $104,769
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,323
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $25k (likely $25k – $25k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $48k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in SC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.5 years (likely 1.0–2.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $302k (likely $176k – $456k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $895k (likely $605k – $1.28M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at College of Charleston
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$98,747
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$98,059
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$93,285
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$85,826
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$84,187
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Master's)$79,857
- International Business (Bachelor's)$76,727
- Public Administration (Master's)$75,145
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$71,360
- Historic Preservation and Conservation (Master's)$71,178
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$68,348
- Hospitality Administration/Management (Bachelor's)$64,154
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in South Carolina
- University of South Carolina-Columbia$138,445
- Clemson University$114,399
- Citadel Military College of South Carolina$107,824
- Francis Marion University$90,104
- Anderson University$87,271
- Winthrop University$86,305
- Southern Wesleyan University$83,798
- Charleston Southern University$81,984
- Strayer University-South Carolina$76,080
- North Greenville University$74,350