Bachelor's · Hialeah, Florida

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Florida National University-Main Campus 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 5.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $52,577; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $61,728; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $35,890; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $96k (likely $96k – $96k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $25k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 5.5 years (likely 4.2–7.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$16k (likely −$99k – $78k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $296k (likely $105k – $508k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 40%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26