Business & management

Business/Managerial Economics

Auburn University · Auburn, AL

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$33,944Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Master's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$85,169
Same subject · national$69,255
Business & management · national$63,005

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $67,143–$89,777.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Master's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Stony Brook UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Human Resources Management and Services, Natural Resources Management and Policy$50,563
Purdue University-Main CampusBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$88,342
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusAccounting and Related Services$58,221
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Finance and Financial Management Services, General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations, Human Resources Management and Services, International Business, Management Information Systems and Services, Real Estate, Taxation$86,867
University of ConnecticutAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$89,859
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Human Resources Management and Services, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$81,128
Ohio State University-Main CampusAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Finance and Financial Management Services, Human Resources Management and Services$65,592
University of Massachusetts-AmherstAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$83,472
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Finance and Financial Management Services, Human Resources Management and Services, Management Information Systems and Services, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$89,750
California State University-Long BeachBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$67,660
University of Washington-Seattle CampusAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$97,391
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Human Resources Management and Services, International Business$91,018
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗