Associate's · Atlanta, Georgia

Is Business Operations Support and Assistant Services at Herzing University-Atlanta 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 6.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $44,419; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $19,284; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $48k (likely $48k – $48k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $10k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 6.6 years (likely 4.3–11.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$36k (likely −$82k – $20k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $67k (likely −$33k – $193k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 19%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26