Master's · Seattle, Washington
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at City University of Seattle worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 2.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $91,764
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $115,537
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $48k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.5 years (likely 2.0–3.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $243k (likely $136k – $340k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $832k (likely $590k – $1.10M)
- 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 City University of Seattle
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$140,752
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$107,676
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$99,735
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$80,194
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$71,341
- Education, General (Bachelor's)$66,411
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$56,985
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Bachelor's)$38,261
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Washington
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus$194,296
- University of Washington-Bothell Campus$194,296
- University of Washington-Tacoma Campus$194,296
- Washington State University$144,028
- Seattle University$132,795
- Northwest University$107,751
- Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education$107,751
- Gonzaga University$101,090
- Pacific Lutheran University$100,684
- Western Washington University$97,723