Master's · Indianapolis, Indiana
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Butler 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 1.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $138,375
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $134,277
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $43,594
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $46k (likely $46k – $46k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $69k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.1 years (likely 0.8–1.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $472k (likely $324k – $661k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.12M (likely $828k – $1.49M)
- 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 Butler University
- Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies (Doctoral)$147,515
- Insurance (Master's)$137,075
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$133,681
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$111,553
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$105,303
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$93,584
- Insurance (Bachelor's)$89,343
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$81,344
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$79,612
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$77,015
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$75,382
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$73,943
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Indiana
- Purdue University-Main Campus$132,747
- 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
- University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne$87,446