Bachelor's · New York, New York
Is Information Science/Studies at CUNY Graduate School and University Center 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 0.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $73,552
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $101,410
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $9,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $20k (likely $20k – $28k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $64k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.8 years (likely 0.6–1.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $423k (likely $318k – $528k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.17M (likely $935k – $1.44M)
- Today's dollars
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$136,839
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$124,608
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$119,195
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$116,969
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Master's)$114,338
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$108,087
- Research and Experimental Psychology (Doctoral)$99,149
- Psychology, General (Doctoral)$95,873
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Doctoral)$95,023
- Public Health (Master's)$94,566
- Social Sciences, General (Master's)$87,007
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$86,901
Information Science/Studies at other schools in New York
- Syracuse University$104,842
- Stony Brook University$89,875
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$85,870
- SUNY Old Westbury$78,347
- SUNY at Fredonia$77,409
- State University of New York at Oswego$74,812
- CUNY New York City College of Technology$74,456
- CUNY Lehman College$73,936
- CUNY Brooklyn College$67,838
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute$67,049