Master's · Albany, Georgia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Albany State University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 6.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $50,529
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $73,719
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,525
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $25k (likely $25k – $25k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.5 years (likely 3.7–16.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$73k (likely −$178k – $48k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $114k (likely −$116k – $410k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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