Bachelor's · Fullerton, California
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Hope International 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,450
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,501
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,001
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $160k (likely $132k – $190k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $27k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.6 years (likely 6.3–12.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$147k (likely −$259k – −$31k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $183k (likely −$21k – $418k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 53%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Hope International University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$107,066
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$69,552
- Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education (Master's)$67,080
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$64,789
- Social Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$58,263
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Master's)$50,745
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Bachelor's)$50,647
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$47,206
- Education, General (Bachelor's)$45,971
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Undergraduate certificate)$37,081
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in California
- University of California-Berkeley$144,599
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$110,902
- University of Southern California$109,128
- University of San Francisco$104,390
- Golden Gate University$91,369
- Pepperdine University$91,227
- Dominican University of California$88,913
- University of Redlands$85,278
- Chapman University$84,378
- University of Massachusetts Global$83,778