Master's · Albany, New York
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Excelsior 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 1.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $96,545
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $100,115
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,334
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $29k (likely $29k – $29k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $32k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.7 years (likely 1.3–2.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $118k (likely $45k – $196k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $432k (likely $293k – $587k)
- 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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- Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician (Bachelor's)$119,783
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- Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$116,151
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$102,010
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$99,786
- Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$99,753
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Master's)$95,916
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$91,265
- Public Administration (Master's)$91,233
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$87,618
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$251,708
- New York University$232,460
- Cornell University$226,632
- Hofstra University$155,876
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$144,308
- Fordham University$143,127
- Marist University$142,180
- Syracuse University$138,634
- University of Rochester$138,177
- Binghamton University$118,876