Excelsior University Business Administration (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Business Administration, Management and Operations
- Private nonprofit university
- Albany, NY
- About 85 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Excelsior University business administration graduates earn more than graduates of most business administration programs nationally, $55,602 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $9,875 in federal loans, less than at 78% of business administration programs in the country. It is one of the higher-paying business administration degrees in New York.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all business administration associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Excelsior University graduates earn more than the national figure and about $22,164 more than the New York median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York business administration program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York 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 18% 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 $105 a month, or 2.3% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Albany area are about the same as the national average.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$130,860Median pay in New York. 206,740 people work in this job in New York. 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.
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
$79,170Median pay in New York. 83,110 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
$58,300Median pay in New York. 50,830 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 113,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Project Management Specialists
$121,040Median pay in New York. 68,020 people work in this job in New York. 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.
About Excelsior University
Business Administration ranks 4th of 6 associate's programs at Excelsior University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($77,162), Electromechanical Technology ($67,558), and Computer Engineering Technology ($56,260).
Other business administration associate's programs near Albany
Common questions
The median graduate earns $55,602 one year after graduating and $65,706 five years after. The median across business administration associate's programs in New York is $30,314.
The median federal loan balance is $9,875, which ranks 12th lowest of 30 business administration associate's programs in New York. That works out to about $105 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 18% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 38%.
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 New York 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 administration 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