Bachelor's · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Virginia Wesleyan University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $51,955; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $67,840; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $23,251; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $86k (likely $86k – $97k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $29k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 5 years (likely 4.0–6.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$3k (likely −$89k – $85k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $343k (likely $159k – $554k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 45%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26