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Master's · Newark, Delaware

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Delaware worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 0.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$129,171
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$145,865
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$27,838
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$30k (likely $30k – $30k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$75k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in DE
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
0.9 years (likely 0.7–1.0)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$553k (likely $457k – $664k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$1.46M (likely $1.20M – $1.77M)
Today's dollars
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
not reported / ≤ 20%
NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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