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CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY · 26 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Uncertain payoff

Payoff needs your actual price

ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.

Available federal data is not complete enough for a confident payoff classification.

Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$81,447Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
PAYOFF CURVE

Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.

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$7,235
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$15,185
Sticker price
Average net priceNot available
Title IV student average
Cost of attendanceNot available
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$81,447Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
68.5%Admission rate
3,254Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

96thEarnings percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$74,063Year 1
$88,842Year 4
$81,447Year 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.

1Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology · Doctoral Degree$124,6082Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$116,9693Computer Software and Media Applications · Master's Degree$114,3384Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$108,0875Research and Experimental Psychology · Doctoral Degree$99,1496Psychology, General · Doctoral Degree$95,8737Public Health · Master's Degree$94,5668Information Science/Studies · Bachelor's Degree$94,412

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in NY

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CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Annual net price
$3,033
Observed earnings · year 5
$81,296
Modeled 10-year ROI
+89%
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New York, NY

CUNY Hunter College

Annual net price
$2,984
Observed earnings · year 5
$70,493
Modeled 10-year ROI
+33%
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New York, NY

CUNY City College

Annual net price
$3,776
Observed earnings · year 5
$67,227
Modeled 10-year ROI
+14%
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Queens, NY

CUNY Queens College

Annual net price
$4,195
Observed earnings · year 5
$65,545
Modeled 10-year ROI
+4%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyDoctoral Degree$124,608Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$116,969$16,593
Computer Software and Media ApplicationsMaster's Degree$114,338Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$108,087Not available
Research and Experimental PsychologyDoctoral Degree$99,149Not available
Psychology, GeneralDoctoral Degree$95,873Not available
Public HealthMaster's Degree$94,566Not available
Information Science/StudiesBachelor's Degree$94,412$24,950
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesDoctoral Degree$84,478Not available
Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree$83,561$14,500
Public AdministrationPost-baccalaureate Certificate$81,524Not available
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$81,184$22,272
Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationMaster's Degree$80,809Not available
Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftMaster's Degree$77,516Not available
English Language and Literature, GeneralDoctoral Degree$75,306Not available
Social Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree$74,962Not available
Urban Studies/AffairsMaster's Degree$74,689Not available
Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesPost-baccalaureate Certificate$73,999$15,500
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesMaster's Degree$72,860Not available
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$72,564$14,125
Social Sciences, OtherBachelor's Degree$69,996$12,500
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesMaster's Degree$68,933Not available
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$64,619$19,462
MusicDoctoral Degree$59,802Not available
Teaching Assistants/AidesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,002Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsPost-baccalaureate CertificateNot available$21,390

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.