Bachelor's · Canton, New York

Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at SUNY College of Technology at Canton worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $68,873; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $27,423; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $54k (likely $54k – $69k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $31k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.7 years (likely 1.9–3.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $84k (likely −$11k – $191k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $439k (likely $236k – $667k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 37%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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AP classes

AP Microeconomics
AP Macroeconomics
AP Statistics
AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB

IB Higher Level

Business Management HL
Economics HL

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