Brandeis University Business (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Business/Commerce, General
- Private nonprofit university
- Waltham, MA
- About 111 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Brandeis University business graduates earn more than graduates of most business programs nationally, $55,806 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $26,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $25,625. Two other Massachusetts programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Massachusetts and national columns are the medians across all business bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Brandeis University graduates earn more than the national figure and about $30,560 more than the Massachusetts median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Massachusetts business program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Massachusetts 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 72% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned slightly more in their first year than other graduates. At this program, the outcome does not look worse for students with less money.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $276 a month, or 5.9% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
47% of graduates (28 of 60) were working in Massachusetts one year after graduating. Prices in the Boston area are about 8% above the national average, so a $55,806 salary here buys what about $51,545 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
$127,220Median pay in Massachusetts. 95,880 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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
$114,190Median pay in Massachusetts. 21,960 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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
$134,720Median pay in Massachusetts. 30,060 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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
$191,200Median pay in Massachusetts. 15,010 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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 Brandeis University
Business ranks 3rd of 19 bachelor's programs at Brandeis University by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Science ($80,431), Economics ($57,299), and Business ($55,806).
Other business bachelor's programs near Waltham
Common questions
The median graduate earns $55,806 one year after graduating and $96,146 five years after. The median across business bachelor's programs in Massachusetts is $50,848.
The median federal loan balance is $26,000, which ranks 4th lowest of 7 business bachelor's programs in Massachusetts. That works out to about $276 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 47% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 54%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 20% or less.
Many leave. 47% (28 of 60) were working in Massachusetts one year after graduating.
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 Massachusetts 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