Bachelor's · Forest Grove, Oregon
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Pacific University 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,195
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,269
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,794
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $151k (likely $151k – $201k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $26k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OR
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.5 years (likely 6.9–11.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$117k (likely −$217k – −$42k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $206k (likely $47k – $389k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- 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 / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Pacific University
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Doctoral)$151,842
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Doctoral)$137,961
- Optometry (Doctoral)$136,799
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$128,605
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$108,345
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$105,018
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Doctoral)$103,070
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$100,098
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$92,510
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$83,383
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$81,207
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$78,641
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Oregon
- George Fox University$82,212
- Warner Pacific University$78,571
- Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies$78,571
- Linfield University$77,983
- Oregon State University$73,660
- Oregon State University-Cascades Campus$73,660
- Portland State University$71,621
- Southern Oregon University$65,171
- Corban University$60,719
- Eastern Oregon University$59,066