Business & management

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$30,572Institution-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$62,637
Same subject · national$63,004
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: $56,276–$72,704.

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
The University of Texas at DallasAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Marketing$72,169
University of ArkansasAccounting and Related Services, Agricultural Business and Management, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management$63,758
Oklahoma State University-Main CampusAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$63,780
University at AlbanyAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Taxation$74,307
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$85,918
University of California-Santa CruzEconomics$61,516
University of DelawareBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$86,424
Texas Tech UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies, Hospitality Administration/Management, Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management$50,439
University of California-RiversideBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$60,320
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$49,782
CUNY Queens CollegeAccounting and Related Services$58,221
University of North Carolina WilmingtonBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Natural Resources Management and Policy$49,740
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 ↗