CIP 5202 · Bachelor's Degree · Aurora University

Business Administration, Management and Operations at Aurora University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Aurora University. 163 completers in the most recent 4-year window (128 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $62,691.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$62,691
Illinois CIP-4 median $63,310
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$59,359
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$20,595
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
163
128 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Aurora University

4.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $20,595 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $62,691.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

4.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Illinois CIP 5202 peer-median earnings $63,310.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$20,595
$25,000$20,59520142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019163
16311420142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$426,445
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 10year 0year 39
Cost per year
$16,984
HS-only baseline · IL
$38,300
Years to complete
4
CIP family
52

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5202

Business Administration, Management and Operations across Illinois institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Illinois Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

UIUCPEER$95,310129 gradsIllinois Wesleyan UniversityPEER$83,724Northern Illinois UniversityPEER$76,392174 gradsJudson UniversityPEER$74,68950 gradsLoyola ChicagoPEER$72,266120 gradsAugustana CollegePEER$72,23464 gradsElmhurst UniversityPEER$71,10399 gradsDePaulPEER$70,634137 gradsBenedictine UniversityPEER$70,55847 gradsIllinois State UniversityPEER$70,456158 gradsIllinois TechPEER$69,68219 gradsDominican UniversityPEER$69,66947 gradsRockford UniversityPEER$69,40037 gradsNorth Park UniversityPEER$68,284112 gradsSouthern Illinois University-CarbondalePEER$66,06621 gradsNorth Central CollegePEER$65,05521 gradsLewis UniversityPEER$64,595104 gradsMcKendree UniversityPEER$63,31053 gradsUniversity of Illinois SpringfieldPEER$62,873115 grads
Aurora UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$62,691163 grads
DeVry University-IllinoisPEER$62,344848 gradsColumbia College ChicagoPEER$61,8874 gradsBradley UniversityPEER$61,75859 gradsWestern Illinois UniversityPEER$61,54368 gradsSouthern Illinois University-EdwardsvillePEER$60,782249 gradsEureka CollegePEER$60,13725 gradsMonmouth CollegePEER$59,46938 gradsNortheastern Illinois UniversityPEER$59,29868 gradsMillikin UniversityPEER$59,16637 gradsOlivet Nazarene UniversityPEER$58,94356 gradsGovernors State UniversityPEER$57,65393 gradsConcordia University-ChicagoPEER$54,19718 gradsRoosevelt UniversityPEER$54,0013 gradsChicago State UniversityPEER$52,09542 gradsBlackburn CollegePEER$49,3459 gradsEast-West UniversityPEER$47,17415 gradsGreenville UniversityPEER$46,68222 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →