Bachelor's · Columbia, Missouri
Is Business/Commerce, General at University of Missouri-Columbia 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 3.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $63,576
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $90,800
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $90k (likely $90k – $114k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $52k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.3 years (likely 3.0–3.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $221k (likely $155k – $267k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $832k (likely $695k – $992k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 77%
- 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 / ≤ 2%
- 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 University of Missouri-Columbia
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$123,999
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$116,219
- Medical Illustration and Informatics (Master's)$115,303
- Medicine (First professional)$113,111
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$112,696
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$108,813
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$101,696
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$101,380
- Accounting and Related Services (Graduate certificate)$100,725
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$100,234
Business/Commerce, General at other schools in Missouri
- Avila University$83,385
- University of Missouri-St Louis$65,373
- University of Missouri-Kansas City$63,569
- Lindenwood University$63,524
- Columbia College$61,958
- Missouri State University-Springfield$56,215
- Missouri Southern State University$55,286
- Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences$51,274
- Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies$51,274