Master's · Springfield, Illinois
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Illinois Springfield 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 2.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $64,916
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $110,512
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,713
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $27k (likely $27k – $27k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $45k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.3 years (likely 1.6–3.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $237k (likely $115k – $382k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $805k (likely $530k – $1.16M)
- 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 University of Illinois Springfield
- Computer Science (Master's)$126,156
- Computer Systems Analysis (Master's)$108,265
- Mathematics and Computer Science (Master's)$106,805
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$102,020
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$94,965
- Public Administration (Master's)$77,237
- Political Science and Government (Master's)$76,243
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$74,295
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$73,514
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$72,681
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$71,271
- Public Health (Master's)$71,142
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Illinois
- Northwestern University$244,399
- University of Chicago$243,256
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$151,907
- DePaul University$144,859
- Loyola University Chicago$129,044
- Northern Illinois University$119,872
- Illinois Institute of Technology$119,075
- University of Illinois Chicago$118,750
- Bradley University$111,907
- Illinois State University$110,971