Associate's · Salem, Virginia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at American National University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $47,449
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $43,367
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $12,630
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $47k (likely $39k – $55k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$115k (likely −$177k – −$46k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$98k (likely −$214k – $34k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 28%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at American National University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$49,538
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$47,025
- Legal Support Services (Undergraduate certificate)$46,195
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$35,431
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Undergraduate certificate)$33,637
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$33,200
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$32,961
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$32,156
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Virginia
- Northern Virginia Community College$61,649
- New River Community College$56,367
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College$55,960
- Brightpoint Community College$54,182
- Piedmont Virginia Community College$54,172
- Virginia Peninsula Community College$53,584
- Tidewater Community College$52,533
- Germanna Community College$43,146
- Blue Ridge Community College$43,092
- Virginia Western Community College$42,202