Master's · New York, New York
Is International Relations and National Security Studies at CUNY Bernard M Baruch College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $80,303
- 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
- $37,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $39k (likely $39k – $39k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $15k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.7 years (likely 2.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$61k (likely −$190k – $92k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $103k (likely −$164k – $422k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$144,308
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- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$137,636
- Taxation (Master's)$132,681
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$128,917
- Statistics (Master's)$127,189
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$121,670
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations (Master's)$117,095
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$113,283
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$108,119
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$101,297
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$94,582
International Relations and National Security Studies at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$107,574
- Fordham University$93,706
- New York University$93,034
- Syracuse University$92,844
- The New School$70,655
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice$64,561
- University at Albany$59,705