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Bachelor's · New Haven, Connecticut

Is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General at Southern Connecticut State 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 14.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$47,494
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
Not enough graduates to report
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$22,613
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$89k (likely $89k – $122k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$8k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CT
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
14.1 years (likely 8.5–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$215k (likely −$304k – −$141k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$131k (likely −$264k – $13k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
50%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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Students heading toward health & medicine majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.

AP classes

  • AP Biology
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Statistics

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  • Biology HL
  • Chemistry HL

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