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Master's · Aiken, South Carolina

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of South Carolina Aiken worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 3.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$83,484
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$67,507
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$24,139
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$26k (likely $26k – $26k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$10k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in SC
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
3.3 years (likely 2.3–5.9)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$61k (likely −$109k – −$13k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$6k (likely −$77k – $98k)
Today's dollars

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