Master's · Plattsburgh, New York
Is Special Education and Teaching at State University of New York at Plattsburgh worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $60,861
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $60,247
- 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
- −$8k 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
- −$269k (likely −$326k – −$203k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$390k (likely −$495k – −$262k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at State University of New York at Plattsburgh
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$99,044
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$92,095
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$85,677
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$74,550
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$73,383
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$70,499
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$70,109
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$69,684
- Security Science and Technology (Bachelor's)$69,321
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$67,359
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$64,111
- Economics (Bachelor's)$63,155
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
- St. John's University-New York$84,195
- Long Island University$81,836