Business & management

Real Estate

Ferris State University · Big Rapids, MI

Medium evidenceMatched peers11 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$13,630Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$25,000Related subjects at 7 matched peer institutions · graduate certificate

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Graduate certificate · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$49,058
Business & management · national$52,733

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 11 matched peer institutions · graduate certificate

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $47,900–$52,003.

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.

Graduate certificate outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Eastern Michigan UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$51,273
Indiana University-IndianapolisBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$48,849
University of Central OklahomaAccounting and Related Services$49,058
Montana State UniversityAccounting and Related Services$25,967
Portland State UniversityAccounting and Related Services$51,106
Central Michigan UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Human Resources Management and Services$48,539
Missouri State University-SpringfieldBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$58,402
University of MemphisBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$40,485
Georgia State UniversitySpecialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations$52,733
East Carolina UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Finance and Financial Management Services, Management Information Systems and Services, Marketing$64,541
University of Missouri-St LouisBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$47,260
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 ↗