Bachelor's · University of Richmond, Virginia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Richmond worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 3.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $84,942
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $111,554
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,809
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $145k (likely $145k – $145k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $72k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.3 years (likely 3.0–3.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $359k (likely $272k – $447k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.21M (likely $981k – $1.44M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 87%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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📈 Getting ready in high school
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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Other majors at University of Richmond
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$131,832
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$112,621
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$112,202
- Law (First professional)$101,062
- Economics (Bachelor's)$100,608
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$94,838
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$92,389
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$90,369
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (Bachelor's)$81,253
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$69,564
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$68,339
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$64,584
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Virginia
- Washington and Lee University$121,699
- William & Mary$111,366
- 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
- Longwood University$72,565