Master's · San Antonio, Texas
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at St. Mary's 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 3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $75,955
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $103,152
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $35,375
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $38k (likely $38k – $38k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $40k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3 years (likely 2.2–4.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $175k (likely $53k – $299k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $673k (likely $399k – $987k)
- 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 St. Mary's University
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$92,592
- Law (First professional)$87,375
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$82,753
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$81,100
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$78,406
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$72,775
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$66,151
- Public Administration (Master's)$60,068
- Law (Master's)$54,265
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$52,553
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$51,014
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$49,315
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Texas
- Rice University$201,796
- The University of Texas at Austin$197,707
- Southern Methodist University$188,716
- Texas Christian University$151,190
- Texas A&M University-College Station$147,453
- The University of Texas at Dallas$140,481
- University of Houston$138,841
- Baylor University$130,178
- West Texas A & M University$124,819
- The University of Texas at Arlington$115,427