Is a International Business degree worth it?
Across 90 schools, graduates of International Business earn a median $71,236 five years out on $21,809 of debt — most often working as General and Operations Managers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$71,236
Median debt
$21,809
Years to pay off
2.9
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
51%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+4.1%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
15.4%
$81,221 vs $68,683
Net price
$21,063/yr
Debt-test failures
1.6%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$8,819
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore International Business 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.