Master's · Augusta, Georgia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Augusta 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $104,755
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $89,114
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $28k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.1 years (likely 0.7–1.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $117k (likely −$13k – $255k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $360k (likely $105k – $633k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Augusta University
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- Dental Residency/Fellowship Programs (Graduate certificate)$173,506
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$125,885
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- Medicine (First professional)$99,481
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$90,561
- Public Health (Master's)$89,528
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Master's)$83,306
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$83,000
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$80,274
- Medical Illustration and Informatics (Master's)$80,046
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$79,500
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Georgia
- Emory University$196,191
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus$178,484
- University of Georgia$154,042
- Kennesaw State University$133,753
- Georgia Southern University$116,006
- Georgia College & State University$98,271
- University of West Georgia$97,803
- Clark Atlanta University$90,217
- DeVry University-Georgia$87,024
- Valdosta State University$84,918