Bachelor's · Lynchburg, Virginia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Lynchburg 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 6.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $53,224
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,460
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,988
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $115k (likely $115k – $129k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $29k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.2 years (likely 4.6–8.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$31k (likely −$132k – $79k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $321k (likely $109k – $586k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 59%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Students heading toward business & money majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Statistics
- AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB
IB Higher Level
- Business Management HL
- Economics HL
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Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Virginia
- Washington and Lee University$121,699
- William & Mary$111,366
- University of Richmond$103,856
- George Mason University$85,224
- James Madison University$85,137
- Hampton University$82,252
- Christopher Newport University$81,840
- Marymount University$80,196
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$80,023
- Averett University$72,810