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title: Is a Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other degree worth the debt?
cip: 5299
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
---

# Is a Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **39** colleges (39 of 39 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $43,967 ($44,915 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $22,118 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.45× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $36,756–$51,172 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Associate's | $24,708 | $9,499 | 0.36× | 4 | 4/4 |
| Bachelor's | $43,967 | $22,118 | 0.45× | 39 | 39/39 |
| Master's | $67,335 | $29,500 | 0.43× | 18 | 18/18 |

## Where a Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| University of Minnesota-Crookston (MN) | $73,746 | $22,457 |
| Southern New Hampshire University (NH) | $71,552 | — |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) | $63,868 | $26,500 |
| Bentley University (MA) | $63,532 | $25,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (PA) | $61,252 | $21,489 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology (MA) | $61,130 | $26,500 |
| Troy University (AL) | $60,342 | — |
| Southwestern College (KS) | $56,603 | — |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO) | $53,332 | $21,500 |
| Benedictine University (IL) | $51,278 | $18,750 |
| SUNY Maritime College (NY) | $51,066 | $19,500 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OK) | $49,690 | — |
| New York University (NY) | $48,479 | $21,500 |
| Athens State University (AL) | $47,403 | $20,320 |
| Elon University (NC) | $46,276 | $19,500 |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

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