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What can you do with a
Business Administration, Management And Operations degree?

Business Administration, Management And Operations is modest-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
7.8 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$16k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$61,407
Typical debt
$23,830
4-yr net cost
$76,500
Monthly loan payment
$271/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

37 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Chief Executivescommon
AI risk 3 → 46 future · +4.3% demand
$245,440
Computer and Information Systems Managersleap
AI risk 16 → 53 future · +15.2% demand
$188,406
Financial Managersleap
AI risk 39 → 48 future · +14.8% demand
$180,000
Architectural and Engineering Managersleap
AI risk 3 → 47 future · +3.8% demand
$171,092
Compensation and Benefits Managersleap
AI risk 0 → 51 future · +0.2% demand
$166,600
Sales Managersstretch
AI risk 4 → 45 future · +4.7% demand
$154,000
Human Resources Managersleap
AI risk 0 → 48 future · +5.0% demand
$150,000
Regulatory Affairs Managersleap
AI risk 7 → 56 future · +4.5% demand
$145,000
Purchasing Managersleap
AI risk 20 → 59 future · +3.1% demand
$138,000
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managersleap
AI risk 10 → 48 future · +6.1% demand
$136,000
Business Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 31 → 49 future · +5.7% demand
$133,974
Industrial Production Managersleap
AI risk 1 → 48 future · +1.9% demand
$133,962
Financial Quantitative Analystsleap
AI risk 22 → 69 future · +3.1% demand
$130,000
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$127,000
General and Operations Managersstretch
AI risk 14 → 48 future · +4.4% demand
$125,000
Actuariesleap
AI risk 5 → 50 future · +21.8% demand
$123,729
Training and Development Managersleap
AI risk 38 → 50 future · +5.8% demand
$122,502
Management Analystsleap
AI risk 24 → 40 future · +8.8% demand
$122,500
Natural Sciences Managersleap
AI risk 6 → 57 future · +3.7% demand
$120,380
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$120,000
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$113,500
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$108,570
Medical and Health Services Managersleap
AI risk 7 → 43 future · +23.2% demand
$107,536
Insurance Underwritersleap
AI risk 6 → 57 future · -2.6% demand
$105,248
Construction Managersleap
AI risk 12 → 44 future · +8.7% demand
$104,000
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialistsleap
AI risk 6 → 47 future · +5.3% demand
$94,040
Logisticiansleap
AI risk 16 → 50 future · +16.7% demand
$92,040
Cost Estimatorsleap
AI risk 0 → 50 future · -4.2% demand
$90,000
Education Administrators, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 6 → 44 future · +1.7% demand
$86,570
Administrative Services Managersleap
AI risk 0 → 39 future · +4.6% demand
$84,591
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$80,257
Business Continuity Plannersleap
AI risk 18 → 57 future · +3.0% demand
$78,528
Human Resources Specialistsleap
AI risk 40 → 64 future · +6.2% demand
$75,000
Social and Community Service Managersleap
AI risk 18 → 39 future · +6.4% demand
$73,000
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletesleap
AI risk 12 → 54 future · +8.7% demand
$70,000
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$68,000
Fundraisersleap
AI risk 5 → 52 future · +4.3% demand
$63,000
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.