Bachelor's · Vancouver, Washington
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Clark College 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 5.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $51,255
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $71,981
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $79k (likely $79k – $109k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $28k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.3 years (likely 3.7–8.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$36k (likely −$159k – $101k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $306k (likely $49k – $609k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 36%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Physical Sciences, General (Associate's)$76,889
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$72,300
- Precision Metal Working (Associate's)$70,504
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$58,804
- Business/Commerce, General (Associate's)$55,676
- Accounting and Related Services (Associate's)$47,108
- Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications (Associate's)$46,766
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$46,088
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$44,306
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$44,211
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$42,765
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Washington
- City University of Seattle$99,735
- Washington State University$81,321
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus$78,771
- University of Washington-Bothell Campus$78,771
- University of Washington-Tacoma Campus$78,771
- University of Puget Sound$77,585
- Columbia Basin College$77,260
- Pacific Lutheran University$75,576
- Whitworth University$75,038
- Whitworth University-Adult Degree Programs$75,038