Bachelor's · Scranton, Pennsylvania
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Lackawanna College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 7.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $45,487
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $58,976
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,375
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $98k (likely $82k – $117k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $20k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.4 years (likely 5.0–12.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$122k (likely −$225k – −$8k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $130k (likely −$79k – $371k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 42%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Lackawanna College
- Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$89,729
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Undergraduate certificate)$85,937
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$78,229
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$49,310
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$48,174
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$46,617
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$45,075
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$43,607
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$40,697
- Business/Commerce, General (Associate's)$40,467
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Undergraduate certificate)$39,850
- Culinary Arts and Related Services (Associate's)$36,065
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Carnegie Mellon University$160,783
- University of Pennsylvania$136,806
- Villanova University$114,211
- Franklin and Marshall College$101,895
- Lehigh University$98,481
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus$95,917
- Gettysburg College$84,973
- Drexel University$84,040
- Temple University$82,570
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia$81,233