Master's · Emporia, Kansas
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Emporia State University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 1.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $90,596
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $96,193
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,706
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $25k (likely $25k – $25k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $31k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KS
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.6 years (likely 1.2–2.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $125k (likely $35k – $225k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $459k (likely $272k – $668k)
- 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 Emporia State University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$80,168
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$78,956
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$71,002
- Mathematics (Master's)$70,133
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$68,568
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$67,263
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$65,271
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$65,259
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$65,043
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$60,719
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,355
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$59,568
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Kansas
- Wichita State University$118,940
- University of Kansas$112,311
- Fort Hays State University$98,630
- Washburn University$97,747
- Kansas State University$97,031
- MidAmerica Nazarene University$95,717
- Baker University$95,566
- University of Saint Mary$93,978
- Southwestern College$89,953
- Benedictine College$85,001