Program Payoff

Business/Commerce, General programs in Missouri

24 schools in Missouri teach this, at certificate or associate level. 3 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $38,597 at Columbia College.

What this work pays in Missouri

General and Operations Managers in Missouri earn a median of $79,300 a year across 109,020 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Missouri
Project Management Specialists$94,66021,460
Managers, All Other$125,76011,420
Management Analysts$97,27010,030
Sales Managers$115,3707,630
Cost Estimators$76,0206,580

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Columbia College Columbia Associate's degree $23,258 $38,597 (58 grads) 74
Jefferson College Hillsboro Associate's degree $36,134 (22 grads) 10
Bryan University Springfield Associate's degree $23,449 $24,201 (62 grads) 7
Bryan University Springfield Undergraduate certificate not published
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies Fayette Associate's degree not published 2
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fayette Associate's degree not published 1
Crowder College Neosho Associate's degree not published 1
Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies Springfield Undergraduate certificate not published
East Central College Union Undergraduate certificate not published 4
East Central College Union Associate's degree not published 5
Jefferson College Hillsboro Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Mineral Area College Park Hills Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Mineral Area College Park Hills Associate's degree not published 17
Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Missouri State University-West Plains West Plains Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Missouri State University-West Plains West Plains Associate's degree not published 19
North Central Missouri College Trenton Undergraduate certificate not published 21
North Central Missouri College Trenton Associate's degree not published 8
Rockhurst University Kansas City Undergraduate certificate not published
Saint Louis Community College Bridgeton Undergraduate certificate not published 29
Saint Louis Community College Bridgeton Associate's degree not published 29
Southwest Baptist University Bolivar Associate's degree not published 4
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia Undergraduate certificate not published 36
University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis Undergraduate certificate not published 1

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.