Bachelor's · New Paltz, New York
Is Mathematics at State University of New York at New Paltz 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
- $31,809
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $83k (likely $83k – $108k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$4k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 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
- −$311k (likely −$392k – −$226k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$360k (likely −$501k – −$183k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 69%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Statistics
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- AP Chemistry
IB Higher Level
- Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL
- Physics HL or Chemistry HL
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Other majors at State University of New York at New Paltz
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- Cornell University$134,455
- Columbia University in the City of New York$117,252
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$105,768
- University of Rochester$94,178
- Fordham University$93,224
- New York University$91,832
- St Lawrence University$88,586
- Hofstra University$86,077
- Adelphi University$86,028
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$85,820