Bachelor's · Garden City, New York
Is Information Science/Studies at Adelphi University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 6.3 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
- $63,666
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $113k (likely $113k – $130k)
- 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
- 6.3 years (likely 4.1–10.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$49k (likely −$173k – $94k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $235k (likely −$4k – $557k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$101,097
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- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$97,175
- Medical Illustration and Informatics (Master's)$96,747
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Graduate certificate)$87,011
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$86,028
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$85,752
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$80,788
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- Syracuse University$104,842
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- SUNY Old Westbury$78,347
- SUNY at Fredonia$77,409
- State University of New York at Oswego$74,812
- CUNY New York City College of Technology$74,456
- CUNY Lehman College$73,936
- CUNY Brooklyn College$67,838