Avila University Business (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Business/Commerce, General
- Private nonprofit university
- Kansas City, MO
- About 24 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Avila University business graduates earn about what business graduates earn nationally, $47,530 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $32,750 in federal loans, more than at 91% of business programs in the country. Several Missouri programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Missouri and national columns are the medians across all business bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Avila University graduates earn more than the national figure and about $10,420 more than the Missouri median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Missouri business program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Missouri medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 49% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $347 a month, or 8.8% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Kansas City area are about 7% below the national average, so a $47,530 salary here buys what about $51,360 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$79,300Median pay in Missouri. 109,020 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Project Management Specialists
$94,660Median pay in Missouri. 21,460 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Management Analysts
$97,270Median pay in Missouri. 10,030 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 94,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Sales Managers
$115,370Median pay in Missouri. 7,630 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 47,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About Avila University
Business ranks 3rd of 5 bachelor's programs at Avila University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($67,179), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($55,605), and Business ($47,530).
Other business bachelor's programs near Kansas City
Common questions
The median graduate earns $47,530 one year after graduating and $70,789 five years after. The median across business bachelor's programs in Missouri is $47,821.
The median federal loan balance is $32,750, which ranks 9th lowest of 9 business bachelor's programs in Missouri. That works out to about $347 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 69% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 54%. Compare the cost with other Missouri programs before deciding.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Missouri comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the business program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024