Bachelor's · Winona, Minnesota
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $64,003
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $80,497
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,585
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $87k (likely $87k – $87k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $39k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.7 years (likely 3.2–4.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $103k (likely $21k – $182k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $576k (likely $388k – $771k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 64%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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📈 Getting ready in high school
Students heading toward business & money majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Statistics
- AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB
IB Higher Level
- Business Management HL
- Economics HL
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Other majors at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$240,586
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$105,165
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$104,761
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$104,441
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$99,345
- Data Analytics (Master's)$94,724
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$91,805
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$89,093
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$86,445
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$84,744
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$84,590
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$83,079
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Minnesota
- University of Minnesota-Crookston$93,969
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$90,284
- Capella University$87,997
- University of St Thomas$82,396
- College of Saint Benedict$78,901
- Bethel University$77,059
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$77,037
- Rasmussen University-Minnesota$76,176
- Saint Johns University$74,762
- Hamline University$72,945