Bachelor's · Buffalo, New York
Is Human Services, General at Canisius 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 6.2 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
- $55,341
- 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
- $77k (likely $77k – $91k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $18k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.2 years (likely 3.8–12.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$77k (likely −$178k – $42k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $131k (likely −$67k – $377k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 61%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Canisius University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$93,286
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$84,080
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$82,563
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$70,001
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$66,256
- Economics (Bachelor's)$65,757
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$62,955
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$62,398
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$62,097
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$61,958
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$61,044
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,750
Human Services, General at other schools in New York
- Syracuse University$68,314
- St. Joseph's University-New York$60,091
- Mount Saint Mary College$57,910
- CUNY New York City College of Technology$56,827
- Monroe University$56,245
- Touro University$51,886
- Hilbert College$50,111
- Elmira College$49,723
- Mercy University$49,634
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice$48,668