La Salle University Business (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt

  • Bachelor's in Business/Commerce, General
  • Private nonprofit university
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • About 13 graduates a year

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

La Salle University business graduates earn less than graduates of most business programs nationally, $40,026 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $26,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $25,625. Several Pennsylvania programs report higher pay.

First-year earnings$40,02619th percentile of 206 programs nationally
Median federal debt$26,000The lowest of 6 Pennsylvania programs
Debt-to-earnings65%Pennsylvania median 58%, national 54%

How it compares

Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Pennsylvania and national columns are the medians across all business bachelor's programs that report the figure.

Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania business program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Pennsylvania medians.

La Salle UniversityOther Pennsylvania programs

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Paying back the loans

On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $276 a month, or 8.3% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.

Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth

75% of graduates (18 of 24) were working in Pennsylvania one year after graduating. Prices in the Philadelphia area are about 3% above the national average, so a $40,026 salary here buys what about $39,029 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

$103,130

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 172,010 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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.

Bottom 10%: $49,990Top 10%: $220,530

Project Management Specialists

$100,150

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 36,150 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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.

Bottom 10%: $61,600Top 10%: $160,560

Management Analysts

$93,830

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 34,420 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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.

Bottom 10%: $51,250Top 10%: $161,770

Sales Managers

$130,610

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 20,460 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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.

Bottom 10%: $71,500Top 10%: $239,470

About La Salle University

Business ranks 9th of 19 bachelor's programs at La Salle University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($84,400), Computer Science ($70,783), and Computer and Information Science ($58,662).

Other business bachelor's programs near Philadelphia

Common questions

The median graduate earns $40,026 one year after graduating. The median across business bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania is $45,781.

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 Pennsylvania 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

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024

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