Master's · Mississippi State, Mississippi
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Mississippi State University 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 1.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $76,492
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $137,540
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,598
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $30k (likely $30k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $84k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MS
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.1 years (likely 1.0–1.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $635k (likely $536k – $739k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.63M (likely $1.38M – $1.92M)
- 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 Mississippi State University
- Veterinary Medicine (First professional)$137,892
- Civil Engineering (Master's)$110,821
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$106,039
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$95,968
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$94,068
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$93,893
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$92,332
- Engineering, Other (Bachelor's)$91,124
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$90,234
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,444
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (Master's)$86,410
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,275
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Mississippi
- University of Southern Mississippi$87,139
- Mississippi Christian University$81,963
- University of Mississippi$78,303
- Jackson State University$76,656
- Strayer University-Mississippi$76,080
- Millsaps College$72,604
- Belhaven University$62,780
- Alcorn State University$59,085
- Delta State University$53,082
- Mississippi University for Women$52,332