Business & management

Business Administration, Management and Operations

Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · same subjectSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$18,786Institution-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$106,344
Same subject · national$65,238
Business & management · national$63,005

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Same subject at 12 matched peer institutions · master's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $84,960–$127,698.

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
University of California-IrvineBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$90,983
University of FloridaBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$88,546
University of California-San DiegoBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$101,406
The University of Texas at AustinBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$131,707
San Diego State UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$68,499
University of GeorgiaBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$111,283
University of Michigan-Ann ArborBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$140,166
North Carolina State University at RaleighBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$74,200
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$127,836
University of Washington-Seattle CampusBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$127,652
University of California-DavisBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$116,258
Binghamton UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$68,443
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 ↗