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Master's · New York, New York

Is Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language at CUNY Hunter College worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 2.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$84,643
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$90,719
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$29,940
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$32k (likely $32k – $32k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$23k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
2.8 years (likely 2.1–4.2)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$27k (likely −$57k – $109k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$285k (likely $112k – $463k)
Today's dollars

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