University of West Florida Business (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Business/Commerce, General
- Public university
- Pensacola, FL
- About 86 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of West Florida business graduates earn about what business graduates earn nationally, $43,325 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $22,500 in federal loans, close to the national median of $25,625. Several Florida programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Florida and national columns are the medians across all business bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of West Florida graduates earn less than the national figure and about $9,823 less than the Florida median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Florida business program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Florida 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 23% 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 $239 a month, or 6.6% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
89% of graduates (17 of 19) were working in Florida one year after graduating. Prices in the Pensacola area are about 2% below the national average, so a $43,325 salary here buys what about $44,337 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
$101,580Median pay in Florida. 236,290 people work in this job in Florida. 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
$98,070Median pay in Florida. 76,370 people work in this job in Florida. 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
$88,610Median pay in Florida. 71,060 people work in this job in Florida. 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
$131,900Median pay in Florida. 46,480 people work in this job in Florida. 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 University of West Florida
Business ranks 11th of 30 bachelor's programs at University of West Florida by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($73,787), Medical Laboratory Science ($65,673), and Electrical Engineering ($64,978).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $43,325 one year after graduating and $53,294 five years after. The median across business bachelor's programs in Florida is $45,204.
The median federal loan balance is $22,500, which ranks 3rd lowest of 5 business bachelor's programs in Florida. That works out to about $239 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 52% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 54%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Florida programs report higher pay.
Most do. 89% (17 of 19) were working in Florida 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 Florida 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