Associate's · Nashville, Tennessee

Is Business Operations Support and Assistant Services at Herzing University-Nashville 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $44,419; 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: $19,284; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $50k (likely $50k – $68k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $9k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 8.1 years (likely 5.2–18.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$63k (likely −$118k – −$4k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $29k (likely −$81k – $152k); Today's dollars