Doctoral · Columbia, South Carolina
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Columbia International University 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $80,038
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $52,862
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $56k (likely $56k – $56k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $26k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in SC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4 years (likely 2.6–6.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$142k (likely −$272k – −$6k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $127k (likely −$111k – $409k)
- 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 Columbia International University
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (First professional)$48,301
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$43,210
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (First professional)$42,129
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$40,432
- Bible/Biblical Studies (Bachelor's)$38,117
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in South Carolina
- Converse University$73,204