Master's · Queens, New York
Is Special Education and Teaching at St. John's University-New York worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $81,451
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $90,436
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $31,944
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $34k (likely $34k – $34k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $22k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.4 years (likely 2.5–4.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $20k (likely −$60k – $100k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $310k (likely $126k – $508k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at St. John's University-New York
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$170,203
- Curriculum and Instruction (Doctoral)$153,334
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$143,765
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$142,774
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$135,962
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$121,339
- Taxation (Master's)$120,205
- Law (First professional)$112,325
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$109,990
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$109,396
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Graduate certificate)$106,313
- Insurance (Bachelor's)$105,688
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in New York
- CUNY City College$94,601
- Pace University$91,867
- CUNY Brooklyn College$90,918
- CUNY Hunter College$88,978
- Manhattan University$87,967
- College of Staten Island CUNY$86,157
- CUNY Queens College$85,359
- CUNY Lehman College$84,758
- Long Island University$81,836
- Adelphi University$80,788