Master's · Mishawaka, Indiana
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Bethel 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $66,695
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $84,225
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,089
- 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
- $20k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.1 years (likely 2.8–6.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$998 (likely −$97k – $97k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $274k (likely $62k – $512k)
- 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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Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Indiana
- Purdue University-Main Campus$132,747
- Butler University$125,011
- Oakland City University$101,855
- Anderson University$97,811
- University of Indianapolis$96,630
- Indiana State University$95,438
- University of Southern Indiana$93,352
- Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion$92,437
- Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global$92,437
- Purdue University Northwest$88,461