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College of Staten Island CUNY

⌖ Staten Island, NY · 32 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$2,716 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

10.1 yrsModeled economic break-even
−1%Modeled 10-year ROI
$64,960Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$2,716at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$202,3160
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−$2,71610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 10.1 years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$7,490
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$15,440
Sticker price
Average net price$5,579
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$14,795
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$5,579Average net price / year
$14,795Cost of attendance
$64,960Median earnings · year 5 after completion
33.9%Completion rate
92.3%Admission rate
9,657Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

85thEarnings percentile
17thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,703Year 1
$65,495Year 4
$64,960Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$115,8482Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$113,6313Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering · Bachelor's Degree$92,5424Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Doctoral Degree$90,5735Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · Master's Degree$89,7486Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$89,0937Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language · Master's Degree$86,8968Special Education and Teaching · Master's Degree$86,157

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

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Modeled 10-year ROI
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$3,103
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$115,848$17,391
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$113,631$17,125
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's Degree$92,542Not available
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsDoctoral Degree$90,573Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasMaster's Degree$89,748Not available
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree$89,093$19,046
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign LanguageMaster's Degree$86,896Not available
Special Education and TeachingMaster's Degree$86,157Not available
Social WorkMaster's Degree$76,568Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$75,637$11,854
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree$75,272Not available
Engineering, GeneralBachelor's Degree$72,716Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$72,242$16,232
English Language and Literature, GeneralMaster's Degree$71,707Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsMaster's Degree$71,468Not available
EconomicsBachelor's Degree$70,747$16,520
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsMaster's Degree$68,258Not available
HistoryBachelor's Degree$63,071$12,648
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$61,691$13,500
Social WorkBachelor's Degree$61,558Not available
Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree$60,530$11,956
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree$60,500$12,603
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$59,741$16,607
Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$59,243Not available
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$57,540$19,350
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$53,083$17,371
Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate's Degree$51,389$11,500
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsBachelor's Degree$51,363Not available
Sociology and AnthropologyBachelor's Degree$50,716$15,180
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree$49,129$13,995
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$46,075$9,000
MathematicsBachelor's DegreeNot available$12,500

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.