Master's · Springfield, Missouri

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Missouri State University-Springfield 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 1.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $80,914; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $100,686; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $16,688; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $18k (likely $18k – $18k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $40k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MO; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.3 years (likely 1.1–1.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $232k (likely $167k – $303k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $734k (likely $555k – $920k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.