Master's · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Strayer University-Pennsylvania worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 9.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $78,066
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $81,719
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $58,211
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $62k (likely $62k – $62k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.9 years (likely 8.4–11.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$148k (likely −$192k – −$122k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$44k (likely −$102k – $17k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- 3.0% / 1.0%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Strayer University-Pennsylvania
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$98,401
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$96,961
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$87,413
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$82,304
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$77,493
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$66,108
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$64,016
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$63,742
- Public Administration (Master's)$62,227
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Associate's)$61,319
- Business/Commerce, General (Associate's)$59,021
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$58,850
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