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Master's · Alpine, Texas

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Sul Ross State 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
$51,966
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$81,353
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$13,475
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$14k (likely $14k – $14k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$18k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
4 years (likely 2.2–7.9)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$6k (likely −$117k – $135k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$241k (likely −$13k – $565k)
Today's dollars

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