Business Administration, Management and Operations at Notre Dame of Maryland University

A $25,000 debt load for first-year earnings around $51,500—numbers drawn from similar Maryland business programs—suggests a manageable debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.48. That's better than the typical business graduate nationally, where median debt sits at $26,000 against lower first-year earnings of $45,700. The challenge here is that we're working entirely from peer program estimates since Notre Dame of Maryland's graduate sample is too small for the Department of Education to publish actual outcomes.

What these estimates reveal is a potential middle-ground position: peer programs in Maryland cluster around these same figures, putting Notre Dame likely in line with the state median rather than competing with the top-earning Maryland programs like University of Maryland-College Park ($65,800) or Loyola ($60,600). The $10,000+ gap between estimated earnings here and those leading programs represents real money over a career's arc, though the debt picture appears reasonably contained.

The practical question is whether you're comfortable making a financial commitment based on comparable program data rather than verified outcomes from this specific institution. The estimates suggest financial viability—you could reasonably cover that debt on typical Maryland business graduate earnings. But without actual graduate outcomes, you're betting that Notre Dame's small cohorts perform similarly to peer schools rather than knowing how this program's graduates specifically fare in Baltimore's job market.