Master's · Buffalo, New York
Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at Canisius University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $55,243
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,456
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $58,532
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $62k (likely $62k – $62k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$4k 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
- −$292k (likely −$380k – −$198k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$284k (likely −$462k – −$67k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at other schools in New York
- Sarah Lawrence College$100,714
- Fordham University$75,682
- Marist University$74,187
- CUNY Brooklyn College$73,843
- Hofstra University$73,160
- CUNY Hunter College$71,978
- SUNY Old Westbury$69,797
- Mercy University$69,332
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice$69,322
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$69,043