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Master's · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Bethel 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 1.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$111,718
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$103,414
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$30,468
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$32k (likely $32k – $32k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$38k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
1.3 years (likely 0.9–1.8)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$189k (likely $68k – $307k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$531k (likely $292k – $758k)
Today's dollars

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