Master's · Dearborn, Michigan
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Michigan-Dearborn 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 1.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $119,698
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $153,288
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $34,115
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $36k (likely $36k – $36k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $88k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.1 years (likely 0.9–1.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $650k (likely $536k – $790k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.69M (likely $1.39M – $2.04M)
- 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 Michigan
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$206,293
- Michigan State University$142,927
- Kettering University$136,553
- Lawrence Technological University$126,179
- Oakland University$122,437
- Wayne State University$116,326
- Ferris State University$115,819
- Walsh College$114,835
- University of Michigan-Flint$110,493
- Central Michigan University$96,611