Master's · Storm Lake, Iowa
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Buena Vista 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $77,550
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,284
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $32,080
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $34k (likely $34k – $34k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$172k (likely −$269k – −$59k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$189k (likely −$377k – $32k)
- 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 Buena Vista University
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$68,691
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$63,950
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$63,832
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$63,454
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$62,389
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Bachelor's)$58,540
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$58,440
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$58,059
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$56,329
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$55,330
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$53,736
- Education, General (Bachelor's)$50,997
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Iowa
- University of Iowa$139,677
- Drake University$137,890
- Iowa State University$123,109
- Saint Ambrose University$103,021
- Mount Mercy University$94,620
- Upper Iowa University$94,026
- University of Northern Iowa$87,003
- University of Dubuque$80,776
- Grand View University$77,683
- Waldorf University$76,173