Which Massachusetts business administration program has the lowest debt?

Boston College reports the lowest median federal debt, $17,873, with first-year pay of $71,675.

How much do business administration graduates earn in Massachusetts?

The median across 32 Massachusetts business administration bachelor's programs is $48,502 in the first year after graduating and $72,053 five years after.

How many business administration bachelor's programs are in Massachusetts?

32 Massachusetts programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 31 of them also report federal debt.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) Programs in Massachusetts, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

32 programs report first-year pay
31 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Business Administration, Management and Operations

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Massachusetts business administration bachelor's program pays its graduates $48,502 in their first year, $3,106 more than the national median. Boston College reports the highest first-year pay ($71,675), and Boston College the lowest median debt ($17,873).

Median first-year pay$48,502National $45,396

Median pay after 5 years$72,053National $62,714

Median federal debt$26,000National $26,000

Debt-to-earnings56%National 55%

All 32 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Boston CollegeChestnut Hill · private nonprofit	$71,675	$94,664	$17,873	25%
2	Boston UniversityBoston · private nonprofit	$71,545	$102,943	$25,000	35%
3	Babson CollegeWellesley · private nonprofit	$69,970	$110,754	$23,000	33%
4	Bentley UniversityWaltham · private nonprofit	$67,903	$94,417	$25,000	37%
5	Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston · private nonprofit	$64,591	$85,022	Not reported	Not reported
6	Cambridge CollegeBoston · private nonprofit	$64,502	$64,869	$27,083	42%
7	UMass AmherstAmherst · public	$64,138	$91,248	$22,014	34%
8	Stonehill CollegeEaston · private nonprofit	$57,898	$92,115	$25,197	44%
9	Assumption UniversityWorcester · private nonprofit	$56,211	$70,081	$27,000	48%
10	Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow · private nonprofit	$54,260	$69,455	$32,015	59%
11	Fisher CollegeBoston · private nonprofit	$53,754	$66,674	$31,375	58%
12	Suffolk UniversityBoston · private nonprofit	$52,803	$76,970	$27,000	51%
13	UMass LowellLowell · public	$52,657	$69,684	$25,000	47%
14	Fitchburg StateFitchburg · public	$49,907	$62,928	$26,983	54%
15	UMass BostonBoston · public	$49,417	$71,306	$25,000	51%
16	Nichols CollegeDudley · private nonprofit	$48,790	$72,053	$27,000	55%
17	Endicott CollegeBeverly · private nonprofit	$48,214	$87,579	$26,913	56%
18	Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover · private nonprofit	$48,018	$78,193	$27,000	56%
19	Salem StateSalem · public	$46,897	$65,310	$27,000	58%
20	Worcester StateWorcester · public	$46,660	$68,157	$22,895	49%
21	Emmanuel CollegeBoston · private nonprofit	$46,518	$76,393	$26,000	56%
22	Lesley UniversityCambridge · private nonprofit	$46,448	$76,642	$20,500	44%
23	UMass DartmouthNorth Dartmouth · public	$46,382	$55,612	$26,000	56%
24	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton · private nonprofit	$46,139	$64,254	$27,000	59%
25	Curry CollegeMilton · private nonprofit	$43,617	$63,328	$27,000	62%
26	Clark UniversityWorcester · private nonprofit	$43,449	Not reported	$26,000	60%
27	Gordon CollegeWenham · private nonprofit	$39,920	$83,795	$24,250	61%
28	Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams · public	$39,369	$52,945	$25,750	65%
29	Dean CollegeFranklin · private nonprofit	$39,200	$53,029	$26,250	67%
30	American International CollegeSpringfield · private nonprofit	$35,781	Not reported	$30,120	84%
31	College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee · private nonprofit	$35,215	Not reported	$26,000	74%
32	Lasell UniversityNewton · private nonprofit	$28,016	$70,191	$27,000	96%

Wentworth Institute of Technology reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Massachusetts business administration 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 the 31 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Boston College$71,675
Boston University$71,545
Babson College$69,970
Bentley University$67,903
Wentworth Institute of Technology$64,591

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$127,220

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $60,700Top 10%: $314,780

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$76,770

Median pay in Massachusetts. 34,520 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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.

Bottom 10%: $51,020Top 10%: $107,490

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

$57,490

Median pay in Massachusetts. 20,240 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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.

Bottom 10%: $39,740Top 10%: $81,300

Project Management Specialists

$114,190

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $72,800Top 10%: $174,840

Common questions

Boston College in Chestnut Hill reports the highest median first-year pay, $71,675. Its median federal debt is $17,873.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked1,105 programs by pay and debt Business Administration (Associate's) programs in Massachusetts, ranked10 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the business administration bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024