Master's · Bemidji, Minnesota
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Bemidji State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $76,309
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,159
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$150k (likely −$237k – −$51k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$159k (likely −$327k – $27k)
- 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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- Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)$54,642
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Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Minnesota
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$162,817
- University of St Thomas$149,456
- Saint Cloud State University$141,749
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$125,059
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$113,086
- Augsburg University$108,125
- St Catherine University$105,176
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$105,165
- Hamline University$100,989
- Capella University$96,768