Master's · Athens, Alabama
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Athens State 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 1.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $85,707
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $98,082
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,559
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $32k (likely $32k – $32k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $39k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.9 years (likely 1.4–2.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $218k (likely $95k – $353k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $710k (likely $434k – $1.03M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Athens State University
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$102,639
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$68,201
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$67,349
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$63,516
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (Bachelor's)$63,342
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$56,511
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$55,507
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$52,775
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$49,331
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$47,773
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$47,683
- Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)$47,550
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Alabama
- Auburn University$154,831
- Samford University$119,341
- The University of Alabama$112,515
- University of Alabama at Birmingham$108,063
- University of Alabama in Huntsville$102,853
- University of North Alabama$92,349
- Troy University$83,469
- Columbia Southern University$79,103
- Strayer University-Alabama$76,080
- South University-Montgomery$74,209