Is a Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations degree worth it?
Across 52 schools, graduates of Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations earn a median $56,315 five years out on $24,369 of debt — most often working as General and Operations Managers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$56,315
Median debt
$24,369
Years to pay off
3.5
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
48%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+4.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
12.4%
$59,569 vs $52,159
Net price
$20,252/yr
Debt-test failures
7.7%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$2,293
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.