Master's · Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Elizabethtown 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 1.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $113,373
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $116,835
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $29,037
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $31k (likely $31k – $31k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $47k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.2 years (likely 0.9–1.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $257k (likely $119k – $416k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $717k (likely $445k – $1.05M)
- 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 Elizabethtown College
- Engineering, General (Bachelor's)$88,104
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$83,075
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$73,542
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$73,358
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$70,047
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other (Bachelor's)$69,614
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$65,756
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$63,073
- International Business (Bachelor's)$55,122
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$54,837
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$54,337
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$51,268
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania$272,321
- Carnegie Mellon University$208,503
- Villanova University$160,428
- Temple University$155,271
- Lehigh University$153,638
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania$147,635
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College$127,665
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley$127,665
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$127,665
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$127,665