Master's · Atlanta, Georgia

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Clark Atlanta 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.2 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$76,818
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$96,904
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$41,167
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$44k (likely $44k – $44k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$36k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
3.2 years (likely 2.4–4.3)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$138k (likely $26k – $248k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$583k (likely $342k – $865k)
Today's dollars

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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.