Bachelor's · Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Southern Mississippi 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 5.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,479
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $55,950
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,238
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $90k (likely $90k – $119k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $23k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MS
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.8 years (likely 5.0–7.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$27k (likely −$103k – $15k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $252k (likely $130k – $362k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 54%
- 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 / ≤ 10%
- 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 Southern Mississippi
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$191,713
- Psychology, General (Doctoral)$105,702
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$89,904
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$87,139
- Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$82,848
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$81,740
- Education, General (Doctoral)$74,802
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$72,411
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$72,059
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (Bachelor's)$70,328
- Education, General (Master's)$69,108
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$68,920
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Mississippi
- Millsaps College$76,477
- University of Mississippi$67,414
- Belhaven University$62,042
- Strayer University-Mississippi$58,645
- Mississippi State University$55,993
- Delta State University$55,424
- Mississippi Valley State University$53,691
- Mississippi Christian University$52,789
- William Carey University$51,866
- Jackson State University$50,246