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CUNY Graduate School and University Center

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

10-year estimate · 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.

There is not enough reported information to classify the payoff reliably.

Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$81,447Observed earnings · year 5
Maximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
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
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
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$12,584Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$133/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$81,447Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
68.5%Admission rate
3,254Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30kNot available
$30–48kNot available
$48–75kNot available
$75–110kNot available
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$81,447
Year 6$68,616
Year 10$65,991
Full-time retention
Not available
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

96thEarnings percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$80,809Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$16,593Median federal debt across categories that report debt
76%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
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

Strongest relative outcomes

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.

1Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftMaster's Degree · $77,516 reported+55%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Teaching Assistants/AidesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $36,002 reported+47%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree · $81,184 reported+38%vs same-degree national median$22,272federal debt4Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree · $116,969 reported+32%vs same-degree national median$16,593federal debt5Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree · $72,564 reported+29%vs same-degree national median$14,125federal debt6Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $64,619 reported+27%vs same-degree national median$19,462federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyDoctoral Degree$124,608Not available14
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$116,969$16,5930
Computer Software and Media ApplicationsMaster's Degree$114,338Not availableNot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$108,087Not availableNot reported
Research and Experimental PsychologyDoctoral Degree$99,149Not available8
Psychology, GeneralDoctoral Degree$95,873Not available32
Public HealthMaster's Degree$94,566Not availableNot reported
Information Science/StudiesBachelor's Degree$94,412$24,950Not reported
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesDoctoral Degree$84,478Not available15
Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree$83,561$14,500Not reported
Public AdministrationPost-baccalaureate Certificate$81,524Not availableNot reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$81,184$22,2721
Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationMaster's Degree$80,809Not availableNot reported
Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftMaster's Degree$77,516Not availableNot reported
English Language and Literature, GeneralDoctoral Degree$75,306Not available20
Social Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree$74,962Not availableNot reported
Urban Studies/AffairsMaster's Degree$74,689Not availableNot reported
Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesPost-baccalaureate Certificate$73,999$15,500Not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesMaster's Degree$72,860Not availableNot reported
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$72,564$14,125Not reported
Social Sciences, OtherBachelor's Degree$69,996$12,500Not reported
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesMaster's Degree$68,933Not availableNot reported
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$64,619$19,462Not reported
MusicDoctoral Degree$59,802Not available12
Teaching Assistants/AidesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,002Not availableNot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsPost-baccalaureate CertificateNot available$21,39041

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

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.