Master's · Decatur, Illinois
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Millikin 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $75,255
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $91,750
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $33,978
- 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
- $27k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.5 years (likely 2.3–6.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $57k (likely −$73k – $205k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $415k (likely $115k – $735k)
- 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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