Bachelor's · University Park, Pennsylvania

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus 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 2.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $60,883; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $77,571; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $26,375; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $54k (likely $54k – $73k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $38k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.7 years (likely 2.2–3.5); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $132k (likely $48k – $221k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $600k (likely $423k – $804k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 51%; 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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Students heading toward business & money majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.

AP classes

AP Microeconomics
AP Macroeconomics
AP Statistics
AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB

IB Higher Level

Business Management HL
Economics HL

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Other majors at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus

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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