Bachelor's · New York, New York
Is Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 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 0.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,491
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $103,190
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $12,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $5k (likely $5k – $6k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $65k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.2 years (likely 0.1–0.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $459k (likely $384k – $530k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.23M (likely $1.03M – $1.42M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 54%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at other schools in New York
- Rochester Institute of Technology$138,679
- Touro University$98,376
- University at Albany$95,885
- Marist University$84,863
- Pace University$77,902
- St. John's University-New York$77,433
- Excelsior University$75,051
- St. Joseph's University-New York$71,364
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute$70,052
- Mercy University$68,529