CIP 5202 · Master's Degree · Thomas Jefferson University

Business Administration, Management and Operations at Thomas Jefferson University

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of Thomas Jefferson University. 67 completers in the most recent 4-year window (90 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $87,748.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$87,748
Pennsylvania CIP-4 median $90,616
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$75,144
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$53,701
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
67
90 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 Thomas Jefferson University

8.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $53,701 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $87,748.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

7.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Pennsylvania CIP 5202 peer-median earnings $90,616.

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$53,701
$55,830$43,24220142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2016201967
1446720162019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018+24%

Business Administration, Management and Operations at Thomas Jefferson University · debt_median rose

43,242 → 53,701

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
$698,619
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 12year 0year 39
Cost per year
$24,652
HS-only baseline · PA
$38,100
Years to complete
6
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 Pennsylvania institutions

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

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 →