Bachelor's · Fredericksburg, Virginia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Mary Washington 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 4.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,557
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $77,747
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $16,755
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $101k (likely $101k – $130k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $38k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.4 years (likely 3.9–5.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $73k (likely −$8k – $133k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $537k (likely $389k – $695k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 65%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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📈 Getting ready in high school
Students heading toward business & money majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Statistics
- AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB
IB Higher Level
- Business Management HL
- Economics HL
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Other majors at University of Mary Washington
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$113,022
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$95,461
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$91,861
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$82,677
- Economics (Bachelor's)$67,903
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$61,864
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$60,881
- Physical Sciences, Other (Bachelor's)$59,594
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$58,224
- Education, General (Master's)$58,149
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$57,480
- History (Bachelor's)$54,625
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