Master's · Waukesha, Wisconsin
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Carroll 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $104,001
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $101,532
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $31,320
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $37k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.4 years (likely 1.0–2.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $171k (likely $41k – $326k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $497k (likely $243k – $804k)
- 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 Science (Bachelor's)$79,438
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$78,698
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$77,095
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$72,961
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$72,062
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$71,598
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$67,070
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh$146,587
- Marquette University$140,858
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$136,439
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls$127,239
- Milwaukee School of Engineering$113,253
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$112,770
- Edgewood University$110,256
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee$101,139
- University of Wisconsin-Parkside$99,850
- Saint Norbert College$99,392