Master's · Fairfield, Connecticut
Is Accounting and Related Services at Fairfield University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $87,545
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $126,036
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $33,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $36k (likely $36k – $36k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $51k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.5 years (likely 2.0–3.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $242k (likely $130k – $376k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $875k (likely $585k – $1.20M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Fairfield University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$163,093
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$128,250
- Economics (Bachelor's)$120,303
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$112,565
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$110,586
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$106,663
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$101,831
- International Business (Bachelor's)$101,411
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$96,937
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$96,394
- International Relations and National Security Studies (Bachelor's)$94,347
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$92,514
Accounting and Related Services at other schools in Connecticut
- Sacred Heart University$117,457
- University of Connecticut$113,488
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus$113,488
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point$113,488
- University of Connecticut-Stamford$113,488
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus$113,488
- University of Hartford$109,816
- Central Connecticut State University$103,777
- Post University$95,184
- Albertus Magnus College$83,807