06/01/2026
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Did you know Pinckney High School offers business classes like Accounting, Marketing, Stats, Economics?
Check out this great info on Business Majors!
Business Degree Return on Investment
The average ROI for a bachelor’s degree in business is 915%; the degree pays for itself after 7 full years in the workforce.
The ROI for a Bachelor of Business is based on a starting salary of $74,199 and an initial investment of $241,870.
$120,515 is the average cost of tuition and fees (including room and board) to earn a Bachelor of Business; this represents 49.83% of the total initial investment.
A recent graduate with a Bachelor of Business can expect to earn a lifetime total of $7.051 million.
Among workers aged 25 to 64 with a Bachelor of Business, median earnings for 2022 totaled $80,120.
Compared to all bachelor’s degree holders aged 25 to 29 years old, business majors’ median earnings are equivalent to 110.11% (meaning they make 10.11% more than their peers).
With a Bachelor of Business, an advanced degree boosts median earnings 29.1% (to $96,280 in 2022) over a bachelor’s alone ($74,570 in 2022).
Unemployment was 11.1% lower among business majors compared to all bachelor’s degree holders aged 25 to 29 in 2022.
17.8% of recent bachelor’s degree earners majored in business.
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See the potential return on investment (ROI) of a degree by education level and the ROI on a bachelor's degree by major.