Bachelor's · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Temple University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $73,968
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $88,690
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $98k (likely $98k – $119k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $50k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.2 years (likely 2.8–3.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $207k (likely $138k – $273k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $799k (likely $639k – $972k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 73%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Temple University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$214,825
- Dentistry (First professional)$183,560
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$155,271
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Master's)$149,741
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$134,752
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$128,874
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$128,438
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Master's)$118,378
- Law (First professional)$117,775
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Master's)$117,753
- Medicine (First professional)$113,007
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$110,473
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
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia$81,233
- Holy Family University$81,021