Master's · Cleveland, Tennessee
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Lee 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,102
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $71,718
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $26,445
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $28k (likely $28k – $28k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.6 years (likely 2.6–10.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$44k (likely −$137k – $60k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $133k (likely −$67k – $363k)
- 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 Lee University
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$79,208
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$70,388
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$59,274
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$54,203
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$54,167
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Master's)$52,697
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$52,116
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$50,249
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$48,382
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$46,719
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$46,573
- Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (Bachelor's)$45,844
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University$190,365
- Belmont University$133,994
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$132,036
- University of Memphis$113,843
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga$106,796
- Christian Brothers University$103,608
- Union University$99,874
- Middle Tennessee State University$99,846
- East Tennessee State University$99,765
- The University of Tennessee-Martin$99,532