Bachelor's · Menomonie, Wisconsin

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Wisconsin-Stout 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 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $59,469; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $73,789; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $20,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $74k (likely $74k – $104k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $33k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 4 years (likely 3.5–5.0); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $42k (likely −$41k – $94k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $444k (likely $307k – $573k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 52%; 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 / ≤ 5%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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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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Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Madison$100,005
Edgewood University$96,101
Milwaukee School of Engineering$86,550
Marquette University$81,670
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh$79,228
Rasmussen University-Wisconsin$76,176
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$73,415
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee$72,507
Carthage College$72,468
Viterbo University$70,009