MASTER'S DEGREE · NATIONAL DEGREE OUTCOMES

Is a master's degree in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other worth it?

Compare cost, debt and earnings across 19 college programs with reportable data.

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$93,024 in median year-4 earnings

A credible return for this credential must start with what the student would otherwise earn. The federal data does not provide that personal baseline.

$93,024Median year-4 earnings
$24,238Average institution net-price context
Not availableMedian federal debt
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WHAT THIS DEGREE PAYS

Outcomes at a glance

$93,024Typical earnings four years after completion
$100,445Average earnings five years after completion
Not availableTypical federal student debt
63thEarnings percentile among the same degree level
Not availableDegrees awarded in 2024–25
19College programs reporting earnings

Degree counts come from the IPEDS Fall 2025 provisional release and cover 1 matched college records. Colleges without a match are not estimated.

A PRACTICAL READ

Four useful answers about Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other

How much do Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other master's degree graduates earn?

The national median is $93,024 four years after completion across reportable master's degree programs in this federal field.

How much federal debt do graduates have?

A national median federal-debt figure is not reportable for this degree in the current release.

Does the college matter for Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other?

Yes. The middle half of reporting programs ranges from $82,204 to $102,425 in observed year-4 earnings.

What careers are related to Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other?

DegreeVerdict links this field to 1 displayed occupations using the official federal CIP–SOC crosswalk. Occupational wages are career context, not graduate salary promises.

COMPARE DEGREE LEVELS

More schooling changes both the cost and the outcome.

Compare the same field at each degree level with reportable data. These are separate groups of graduates, so the differences do not prove that an additional degree caused higher earnings.

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Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma

Year-4 earnings
$82,162
Federal debt
$24,950
Programs in the comparison
3
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Associate's Degree

Year-4 earnings
$53,347
Federal debt
$21,001
Programs in the comparison
5
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Bachelor's Degree

Year-4 earnings
$70,328
Federal debt
$26,000
Programs in the comparison
44
39 report earnings →
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Master's Degree

Year-4 earnings
$93,024
Federal debt
Not available
Programs in the comparison
19
19 report earnings →
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Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)

Year-4 earnings
$53,560
Federal debt
Not available
Programs in the comparison
2
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COLLEGE-TO-COLLEGE RANGE

Where the middle half of programs lands

Year‑4 earnings differ by college. This band shows the 25th percentile, national median and 75th percentile among reporting programs.

Median
25th percentile$82,204National median$93,02475th percentile$102,425
19 programs report year‑4 earnings.
BEFORE YOU CHOOSE

Compare price, debt and earnings together

$102,42575th-percentile year-4 earnings among reporting programs
Not availableMedian federal debt across programs that report it
0Programs with earnings in the top quarter and debt at or below the median
SHORTLIST BY QUESTION

Three useful places to start

Each choice answers a different question. These are observed signals, not an overall winner.

Highest observed earnings

New York University

$180,138 four years after completionNew York, NY · inspect the full program →
Largest recent graduating class

University of Charleston

106 reported awards in 2024–25Charleston, WV · inspect the full program →
PRICE × EARNINGS MAP

Where colleges sit for this exact degree

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All reporting colleges Lower-price, higher-earnings quadrantAxes trim the outer 5% for readability; outliers remain pinned to the chart edge. Price is institution-wide context, not exact program tuition.
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WHERE OUTCOMES ARE STRONGEST

See the spread, not just the national number.

1New York University$180,1382University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$167,4463Hofstra University$134,7274Kettering University$122,4905Saint Xavier University$102,4786Maine Maritime Academy$102,4257Boston University$101,2678Widener University$98,2519University of Charleston$93,13210Dakota Wesleyan University$93,024

Observed year-4 earnings · top displayed records are not a universal ranking

Career outlook

Jobs this degree may lead to

Federal education-to-career links identify related occupations. They do not imply that every graduate enters the same job.

NO MATCHUnreported jobs nationwide

BLS May 2025 wages and 2025–35 projections. Career figures describe occupations, not graduates of a specific college.

This page keeps the field and credential level fixed. Federal categories can still combine multiple catalog programs or concentrations. Automated ROI is limited to associate and bachelor’s degrees because institution-wide annual net price is not a reliable proxy for short certificate prices. ROI is an illustrative scenario, not a federal determination.