Master's · Hempstead, New York
Is Security Science and Technology at Hofstra University 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $53,610
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $78,441
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $51,536
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $55k (likely $55k – $55k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.5 years (likely 6.2–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$174k (likely −$276k – −$39k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$3k (likely −$250k – $285k)
- 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)$155,876
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- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (Master's)$134,727
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$127,131
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$119,193
- Marketing (Master's)$111,964
- Taxation (Master's)$110,943
- Law (First professional)$102,901
- Medicine (First professional)$99,911
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$98,910
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$94,744
Security Science and Technology at other schools in New York
- Excelsior University$144,427
- Utica University$108,561
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice$93,984
- Syracuse University$76,631
- Pace University$72,614
- St. Joseph's University-New York$47,830