Master's · Rock Hill, South Carolina
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Winthrop University 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 2.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $82,850
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $92,702
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $34,166
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $36k (likely $36k – $36k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $36k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in SC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.2 years (likely 1.6–3.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $179k (likely $68k – $303k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $613k (likely $358k – $911k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$77,922
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$67,214
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$61,987
- Chemistry (Bachelor's)$60,324
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (Graduate certificate)$58,661
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services (Master's)$58,369
- Social Work (Master's)$56,287
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$54,559
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$54,406
- Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)$54,194
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$53,190
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$52,363
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in South Carolina
- University of South Carolina-Columbia$138,445
- Clemson University$114,399
- Citadel Military College of South Carolina$107,824
- College of Charleston$97,539
- Francis Marion University$90,104
- Anderson University$87,271
- Southern Wesleyan University$83,798
- Charleston Southern University$81,984
- Strayer University-South Carolina$76,080
- North Greenville University$74,350