Master's · Des Moines, Iowa
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Drake 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $97,698
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $148,111
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $34,035
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $36k (likely $36k – $36k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $83k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.4 years (likely 1.1–1.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $594k (likely $449k – $738k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.60M (likely $1.23M – $1.96M)
- 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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- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$140,314
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$97,132
- Legal Professions and Studies, Other (Master's)$95,134
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$91,269
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$90,639
- Economics (Bachelor's)$88,638
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$88,637
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$87,582
- Law (First professional)$87,375
- Public Administration (Master's)$83,764
- Data Analytics (Bachelor's)$77,302
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Bachelor's)$75,867
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Iowa
- University of Iowa$139,677
- 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
- Briar Cliff University$75,338