Master's · New York, New York

Is Research and Experimental Psychology at New York University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 13.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $55,253; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $88,604; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $156,460; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $166k (likely $166k – $166k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $20k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 13.8 years (likely 11.3–18.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$252k (likely −$326k – −$187k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $36k (likely −$128k – $201k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.