Master's · Albany, New York
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at University at Albany worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $63,664
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $63,209
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,859
- 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
- −$5k 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
- −$236k (likely −$291k – −$189k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$327k (likely −$418k – −$240k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 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 University at Albany
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$113,822
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$110,374
- Taxation (Master's)$109,679
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$108,938
- Applied Mathematics (Bachelor's)$103,659
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$98,010
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$95,885
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$86,331
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$85,424
- Public Administration (Master's)$84,950
- Public Administration (Graduate certificate)$81,812
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$80,285
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in New York
- College of Staten Island CUNY$89,748
- CUNY Brooklyn College$88,100
- CUNY Queens College$87,964
- CUNY Lehman College$87,910
- Touro University$86,765
- CUNY City College$86,151
- Adelphi University$85,752
- St. John's University-New York$85,346
- Bank Street College of Education$85,259
- Fordham University$84,957