Master's · Troy, New York
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Russell Sage College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $63,312
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $63,046
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$242k (likely −$340k – −$138k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$332k (likely −$529k – −$132k)
- Today's dollars
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$89,836
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- Psychology, Other (Master's)$73,286
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$71,608
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other (Bachelor's)$70,329
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other (Bachelor's)$68,647
- Nutrition Sciences (Graduate certificate)$67,291
- Nutrition Sciences (Master's)$65,977
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in New York
- College of Staten Island CUNY$89,748
- CUNY Brooklyn College$88,100
- CUNY Queens College$87,964
- CUNY Lehman College$87,910
- Touro University$86,765
- CUNY City College$86,151
- Adelphi University$85,752
- St. John's University-New York$85,346
- Bank Street College of Education$85,259
- Fordham University$84,957