Master's · University Heights, Ohio
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at John Carroll 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 2.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $76,266
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $97,878
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $31,341
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $35k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.8 years (likely 2.2–3.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $140k (likely $52k – $243k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $586k (likely $365k – $838k)
- 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 John Carroll University
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$92,050
- Economics (Bachelor's)$91,386
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$88,824
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$86,546
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$84,728
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$78,272
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$73,881
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$72,144
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$69,024
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$65,098
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$62,761
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$62,739
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Ohio
- Miami University-Oxford$142,034
- Ohio State University-Main Campus$139,427
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus$126,287
- Ohio University-Main Campus$119,976
- Xavier University$118,223
- Case Western Reserve University$117,931
- Otterbein University$117,614
- University of Akron Main Campus$108,489
- Capital University$108,101
- Baldwin Wallace University$106,526