Bachelor's · Spokane, Washington
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Spokane Falls Community 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $56,704
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- 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
- $83k (likely $83k – $115k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $15k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.8 years (likely 4.4–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$150k (likely −$265k – −$27k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $13k (likely −$194k – $275k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 32%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Spokane Falls Community College
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$60,324
- Business/Commerce, General (Associate's)$51,801
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$50,979
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Associate's)$46,046
- Marketing (Associate's)$43,219
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$42,523
- Design and Applied Arts (Associate's)$42,113
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Associate's)$38,956
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Associate's)$35,709
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate)$34,849
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