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Master's · West Liberty, West Virginia

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at West Liberty 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 6.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$65,671
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$68,932
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$23,137
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$25k (likely $25k – $25k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WV
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
6.5 years (likely 3.3–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$107k (likely −$176k – −$32k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$36k (likely −$178k – $117k)
Today's dollars

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