Master's · Fredericksburg, Virginia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Mary Washington worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 0.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $137,339
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $121,399
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $33,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $35k (likely $35k – $35k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $55k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in VA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.9 years (likely 0.7–1.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $355k (likely $148k – $557k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $867k (likely $461k – $1.26M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- 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
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$72,382
- 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
- University of Virginia-Main Campus$224,229
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$154,688
- James Madison University$150,316
- George Mason University$134,691
- University of Richmond$131,832
- Marymount University$129,400
- William & Mary$125,353
- Virginia Commonwealth University$116,932
- Old Dominion University$108,161
- Hampton University$105,659