Bachelor's · Martinsburg, West Virginia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Valley College-Martinsburg 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 12.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,509
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $126k (likely $106k – $146k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WV
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.5 years (likely 7.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$213k (likely −$307k – −$108k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$75k (likely −$245k – $110k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 43%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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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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Other majors at Valley College-Martinsburg
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Undergraduate certificate)$45,189
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Associate's)$42,508
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$42,241
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$39,686
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$32,598
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$31,685
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Undergraduate certificate)$27,769
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate)$25,917
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in West Virginia
- American Public University System$75,722
- University of Charleston$74,791
- Potomac State College of West Virginia University$73,646
- West Virginia University$73,646
- Wheeling University$66,949
- Shepherd University$62,588
- Strayer University-West Virginia$58,645
- Davis & Elkins College$58,140
- Salem University$55,583
- Marshall University$54,659