Master's · Queens, New York

Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services 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 8.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$73,428
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$86,487
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$74,104
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$79k (likely $79k – $79k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$18k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
8.5 years (likely 4.6–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$109k (likely −$253k – $68k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$145k (likely −$159k – $515k)
Today's dollars

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