Doctoral · Chicago, Illinois
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at The Chicago School at Chicago 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 5.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $132,519
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $122,057
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $182,207
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $193k (likely $193k – $193k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $57k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.6 years (likely 4.1–7.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$106k (likely −$277k – $74k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $425k (likely $114k – $761k)
- 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 The Chicago School at Chicago
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$97,234
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Graduate certificate)$79,692
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$76,832
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$73,751
- Psychology, General (Master's)$68,180
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$53,952
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Illinois
- Concordia University-Chicago$94,490