Master's · Saint Joseph, Missouri
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Missouri Western 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 2.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $74,872
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- 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
- $18k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.3 years (likely 1.5–4.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $14k (likely −$82k – $126k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $206k (likely $11k – $443k)
- 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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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$101,355
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$74,875
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- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$67,011
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Master's)$66,096
- Construction Engineering Technology/Technician (Bachelor's)$65,896
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$62,581
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$60,025
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$57,015
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$56,487
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$55,059
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$53,505
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Missouri
- Washington University in St Louis$153,933
- Saint Louis University$110,691
- Missouri University of Science and Technology$110,635
- Rockhurst University$103,587
- Southeast Missouri State University$102,877
- University of Missouri-Kansas City$95,148
- Missouri State University-Springfield$93,738
- Lindenwood University$93,500
- Webster University$90,950
- Avila University$86,593