Master's · Chadron, Nebraska
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Chadron State 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 2.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $76,822
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $96,572
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,892
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $25k (likely $25k – $25k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $33k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NE
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.4 years (likely 1.7–3.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $134k (likely $41k – $245k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $562k (likely $329k – $821k)
- 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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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$69,151
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$65,644
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General (Bachelor's)$64,738
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- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$61,076
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$59,638
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$58,263
- Plant Sciences (Bachelor's)$53,484
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$50,643
- Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)$46,781
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$46,495
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other (Bachelor's)$46,183
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Nebraska
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln$138,487
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- University of Nebraska at Omaha$114,582
- Midland University$105,184
- Bellevue University$94,370
- Wayne State College$86,631
- Doane University$74,075
- University of Nebraska at Kearney$68,342
- College of Saint Mary$61,938