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Bachelor's · Albany, New York

Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at University at Albany 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$40,447
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$62,837
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$19,016
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$77k (likely $77k – $78k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$25k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
5.5 years (likely 4.4–7.0)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$21k (likely −$93k – $48k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$293k (likely $131k – $460k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
63%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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AP classes

  • AP Psychology
  • AP English Language and Composition
  • AP Statistics

IB Higher Level

  • Psychology HL
  • Language A HL

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