Bachelor's · Chesapeake, Virginia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Centura College-Chesapeake worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $43,009
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $42,604
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $130k (likely $130k – $181k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k 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
- −$318k (likely −$430k – −$230k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$314k (likely −$469k – −$156k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Centura College-Chesapeake
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate)$71,256
- Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$52,569
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) (Undergraduate certificate)$43,168
- Precision Metal Working (Undergraduate certificate)$40,784
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$38,597
- Carpenters (Undergraduate certificate)$35,631
- Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Undergraduate certificate)$35,618
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$34,186
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Undergraduate certificate)$30,747
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$29,332
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services (Undergraduate certificate)$26,335
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services (Undergraduate certificate)$25,158
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Virginia
- Washington and Lee University$121,699
- William & Mary$111,366
- University of Richmond$103,856
- George Mason University$85,224
- James Madison University$85,137
- Hampton University$82,252
- Christopher Newport University$81,840
- Marymount University$80,196
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$80,023
- Averett University$72,810