Master's · Fredonia, New York
Is Special Education and Teaching at SUNY at Fredonia 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
- $62,452
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,125
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$2k 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
- −$244k (likely −$337k – −$133k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$270k (likely −$446k – −$36k)
- 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 SUNY at Fredonia
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$88,991
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$77,409
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$74,904
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$61,231
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$58,820
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$58,379
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$58,133
- Music (Master's)$57,662
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Bachelor's)$57,369
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$57,321
- Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)$55,441
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$55,315
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