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Master's · Queens, New York

Is Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication at St. John's University-New York 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 8.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$67,485
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$76,769
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$34,992
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$37k (likely $37k – $37k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$8k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
8.9 years (likely 3.4–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$130k (likely −$259k – $38k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$17k (likely −$266k – $360k)
Today's dollars

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