10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$134,068at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Public · COLLEGE PAYOFF
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY · 9 field-and-degree records
Earnings reported for 9 · Federal debt reported for 0
Based onObserved earnings + college priceEstimate10-year payoff
Estimated 10-year payoff
Negative payoff
−$134,068 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
21.0 yrsTime to earn back the modeled cost
−52%Estimated return after 10 years
$57,174Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedHighest annual price before payoff reaches $0
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ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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 STUDENT BUDGET · 2024–25
What makes up the annual price?
Sticker-price components reported to IPEDS. Grants and scholarships are not subtracted here.
Living off campus: $11,740 housing and food allowance plus $1,050 in other expenses.
Do not confuse this with net price. Net price subtracts average grants and scholarships. DegreeVerdict continues to use the separately labeled average net price in its standard college ROI scenario.
PRICE SENSITIVITY
The price can change the verdict.
Hold observed earnings constant and see how the modeled ten-year payoff changes as annual price rises.
← Negative payoff$0Positive payoff →
$0Annual price−$58,260
$8,000Annual price−$90,260
$16,000Annual price−$122,260
$19,000Current college-wide context−$134,260
$24,000Annual price−$154,260
$32,000Annual price−$186,260
$40,000Annual price−$218,260
HOW STUDENTS ATTEND · 2023-24
Most students study without distance-education courses.
IPEDS enrollment counts show course delivery across the whole institution. They do not indicate whether a specific degree can be completed online.
Institution-level attendance context from IPEDS. Program delivery is reported separately on degree pages and in the program directory. These figures do not enter ROI.
College identity and local contextAccreditation, institution type, dual enrollment and state prices
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
DUAL-ENROLLMENT CONTEXT · 2024
740 high-school students took college courses.
IPEDS counts students enrolled in college credit while still in high school. A large dual-enrollment population can shape headline enrollment figures, especially at community colleges.
This is participation, not a college completion rate. It does not indicate how many students later enrolled after high school, earned a credential or entered the workforce.
STATE PRICE CONTEXT · 2024
Prices in New York run 8% above the U.S. level.
BEA Regional Price Parities compare price levels across states. A value of 100 equals the national average.
What it costs and what graduates earn
$18,952Average net price / year
$28,133Cost of attendance
$11,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$117/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$57,174Median earnings · year 5 after completion
66.3%Completion rate
63.3%Admission rate
1,839Student size
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. It does not include Parent PLUS or private loans. We show admissions scores only when a valid federal value is available.
What the numbers say about SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
What does SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry cost?
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry reports an average annual net price of $18,952 after grants and scholarships. This is an institution-wide average, not an individual aid offer.
What do SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry graduates earn?
The observed median earnings figure is $57,174 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.
How much federal debt do SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry graduates have?
Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $11,000. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
Is every degree at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry worth the same?
No. The current release contains 9 field-and-degree records for SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; 9 report year-4 earnings and 0 report federal debt. Outcomes can differ substantially by field and degree level.
DEBT AFTER COLLEGE
Are borrowers making progress?
Repayment progress, default and debt at exit describe different federal borrower cohorts. They are shown separately and do not change the ROI estimate.
Source: College Scorecard. Repayment progress is the share of borrowers who reduced principal by at least $1 at the stated measurement point. Debt covers federal student loans; Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded. Cohorts and reporting periods differ across measures.
Who studied here during the year
3,197Students enrolled at any point
2,764Undergraduate students
433Graduate students
Unduplicated students enrolled at any point from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This full-year measure is different from a fall headcount and does not enter ROI.
More student and earnings detailPrice by family income, retention, equity and common industries
WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS
Outcomes are not the same for every family.
These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.
Complete within 150% of the expected time
73% received a Pell Grant within eight yearsMedian Parent PLUS debt
221 parent borrowers in the reported cohortMedian federal student debt
73% making progress in repayment after three yearsStudent family incomeMedian earnings after 10 yearsObserved federal cohorts
Lower income$53,584Earnings are not a guarantee
Middle income$57,058Earnings are not a guarantee
Higher income$55,460Earnings are not a guarantee
Three-year repayment progress
Lower income70%
Middle income82%
Higher income86%
Undergraduate student composition
White75%
Black3%
Hispanic11%
Asian3%
Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.
INDEPENDENT CENSUS EARNINGS VIEW
How earnings develop by field
Privacy-protected Census employment records follow graduate cohorts one, five and ten years after completion. This source is kept separate from College Scorecard because its population and methodology differ.
Field and credentialYear 1Year 5Year 10
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 14
$65,759Year 1
$80,193Year 5
$106,611Year 10
Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 52
$67,797Year 1
$92,587Year 5
$96,791Year 10
Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation.Master’s degree · Broad federal field 04
$58,858Year 1
$67,042Year 5
$85,242Year 10
Astronomy and Astrophysics.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 40
Not availableYear 1
Not availableYear 5
$83,557Year 10
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy.Master’s degree · Broad federal field 03
$50,257Year 1
$72,884Year 5
$82,929Year 10
Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 04
$57,769Year 1
$69,154Year 5
$77,273Year 10
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 03
$38,301Year 1
$59,625Year 5
$75,356Year 10
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Master’s degree · Broad federal field 26
$45,505Year 1
$63,134Year 5
$72,896Year 10
Median annual earnings in 2023 dollars. Each time point may use a different pooled graduation cohort. Coverage is limited to institutions participating in the Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes program.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use every reportable field-and-credential record at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS OVER TIME
What graduates earned in later years
Not availableYear 1
$57,774Year 4
$57,174Year 5
Each year can represent a different federal cohort, so the points do not track the same people over time.
Your choice of degree can change the payoff.
Graduate earnings differ by field and credential, even within the same college.
1Construction Trades, Other · Bachelor's Degree$99,2492Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree$74,3073Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy · Bachelor's Degree$65,6044Landscape Architecture · Bachelor's Degree$59,4805Forestry · Bachelor's Degree$57,6646Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology · Bachelor's Degree$50,0107Natural Resources Conservation and Research · Bachelor's Degree$49,4898Natural Resources Conservation and Research · Associate's Degree$46,689Observed year-4 earnings · compare the same field and credential across colleges
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Environmental/Natural Resources Management and PolicyBachelor's Degree · $65,604 reported+17%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Construction Trades, OtherBachelor's Degree · $99,249 reported+6%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBachelor's Degree · $50,010 reported+2%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate's Degree · $46,689 reported+2%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5ForestryBachelor's Degree · $57,664 reported-2%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Zoology/Animal BiologyBachelor's Degree · $42,505 reported-4%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in NY
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive, not a quality ranking.
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State University of New York at New Paltz
- Annual net price
- $18,809
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $57,166
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -52%
Fashion Institute of Technology
- Annual net price
- $19,095
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $56,636
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -55%
SUNY Oneonta
- Annual net price
- $19,158
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $58,485
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -47%
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
- Annual net price
- $17,156
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $55,178
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -59%
Compare fields and degree levels
Showing all 9 field-and-degree records in the current release.
| Major or field | Degree level | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2024–25 graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Trades, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $99,249 | Not available | Not reported |
| Engineering, General | Bachelor's Degree | $74,307 | Not available | Not reported |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy | Bachelor's Degree | $65,604 | Not available | 3 |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | $59,480 | Not available | Not reported |
| Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | $57,664 | Not available | Not reported |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $50,010 | Not available | 0 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $49,489 | Not available | 0 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Associate's Degree | $46,689 | Not available | Not reported |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $42,505 | Not available | Not reported |
Graduate counts come from IPEDS and group related majors into the same federal field. Missing earnings or debt values remain labeled as unavailable.
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.