Master's · Atchison, Kansas

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Benedictine College 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 3.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $59,522; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $91,301; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $18,039; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $19k (likely $19k – $19k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $26k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KS; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.3 years (likely 2.0–5.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $65k (likely −$75k – $211k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $418k (likely $96k – $746k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.