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Bachelor's+22% vs national median11,841 grads tracked

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at James Madison University

Ranked 30th of 460 bachelor's programs in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$57,567
middle 50%: $42,339 – $71,990
Median · 5 years out
$89,521
middle 50%: $66,571 – $114,927
Median · 10 years out
$123,096
middle 50%: $86,077 – $169,738

Salary trajectory

Median earnings vs the national median for Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (bachelor's) graduates.

This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates

James Madison University graduates in business and management earn a median $58k in their first year. By year ten, median salaries for these bachelor's degree holders reach $123k.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.

Will the degree pay for itself?

Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.

Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).

Paid off in
4.9 yrs
≈ $5,521 total interest

Same major at other universities

University of Massachusetts - Amherst
$90,872 · 5 yrs out
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
$90,701 · 5 yrs out
Georgia Institute of Technology
$90,514 · 5 yrs out
Penn State World Campus
$90,476 · 5 yrs out
Pennsylvania State University (The)
$90,061 · 5 yrs out
Goodwin University
$89,880 · 5 yrs out
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
$89,268 · 5 yrs out
Butler University
$89,245 · 5 yrs out
Western Governors University
$88,959 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at Albany
$88,399 · 5 yrs out
University of Oklahoma
$88,018 · 5 yrs out
University of Georgia
$87,682 · 5 yrs out

Other majors at James Madison University

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Master's)
$149,041 · 5 yrs out
Psychology (Doctorate)
$113,393 · 5 yrs out
Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)
$109,323 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$108,391 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$107,900 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)
$105,157 · 5 yrs out
Systems Science and Theory (Bachelor's)
$101,995 · 5 yrs out
Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)
$101,563 · 5 yrs out
Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)
$97,528 · 5 yrs out
Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor's)
$97,305 · 5 yrs out
Engineering (Bachelor's)
$94,450 · 5 yrs out
Engineering, General (Bachelor's)
$94,450 · 5 yrs out

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