CIP 5202 · Master's Degree · Thomas More University

Business Administration, Management and Operations at Thomas More University

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of Thomas More University. 84 completers in the most recent 4-year window (84 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $94,323.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$94,323
Kentucky CIP-4 median $73,359
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$86,111
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$25,320
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
84
84 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Thomas More University

3.6%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $25,320 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $94,323.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

4.6%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Kentucky CIP 5202 peer-median earnings $73,359.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$25,320
$38,979$25,32020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201984
1015120142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018-35%

Business Administration, Management and Operations at Thomas More University · debt_median fell

38,979 → 25,320

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$905,243
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 9year 0year 39
Cost per year
$19,388
HS-only baseline · KY
$33,900
Years to complete
6
CIP family
52

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5202

Business Administration, Management and Operations across Kentucky institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Kentucky Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →