Associate's · Chandler, Arizona

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at American InterContinental University System worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$39,761
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$40,862
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$22,625
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$34k (likely $34k – $46k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$897 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in AZ
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
Not within 20 years in most scenarios
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$120k (likely −$156k – −$103k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$125k (likely −$165k – −$91k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
10%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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