Undergraduate certificate · Jamestown, North Carolina
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Guilford Technical Community College 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 2.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,029
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $49,361
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $17,110
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $22k (likely $18k – $26k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.6 years (likely 1.8–4.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $57k (likely $12k – $105k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $202k (likely $108k – $310k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 33%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Associate's)$64,137
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate)$61,074
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$58,305
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$57,149
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Undergraduate certificate)$54,758
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate's)$51,788
- Precision Metal Working (Undergraduate certificate)$48,866
- Accounting and Related Services (Undergraduate certificate)$48,275
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$48,218
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$46,802
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) (Undergraduate certificate)$46,613
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in North Carolina
- Wake Technical Community College$47,383
- Central Carolina Community College$44,263
- Catawba Valley Community College$43,380
- Central Piedmont Community College$42,770
- Southwestern Community College$42,252
- Gaston College$42,118
- Pitt Community College$41,867
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College$41,790
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College$40,550
- Fayetteville Technical Community College$40,278