Master's · Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Saint Cloud 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
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 0.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $112,801
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $152,256
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,663
- 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
- $86k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.8 years (likely 0.6–1.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $652k (likely $494k – $829k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.69M (likely $1.32M – $2.10M)
- 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 Saint Cloud State University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$123,714
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$107,133
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$103,765
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$94,729
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$90,067
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,009
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$87,503
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$84,470
- Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies (Master's)$82,829
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$80,331
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$79,831
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$78,067
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Minnesota
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$162,817
- University of St Thomas$149,456
- 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
- Bethel University$96,278