Master's · Alfred, New York
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Alfred University 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,423
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $74,114
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,742
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.9 years (likely 4.8–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$149k (likely −$249k – −$30k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$29k (likely −$252k – $245k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Public Administration (Master's)$94,571
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$84,232
- Ceramic Sciences and Engineering (Bachelor's)$83,641
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- Engineering, Other (Bachelor's)$71,845
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$70,070
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$61,629
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$57,570
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$55,339
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$55,250
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$52,793
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$49,612
Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$251,708
- New York University$232,460
- Cornell University$226,632
- Hofstra University$155,876
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$144,308
- Fordham University$143,127
- Marist University$142,180
- Syracuse University$138,634
- University of Rochester$138,177
- Binghamton University$118,876