Bachelor's · Buffalo, New York
Is Research and Experimental Psychology 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
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $30,899
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $55,352
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,250
- 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
- 7.3 years (likely 5.8–9.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$94k (likely −$155k – −$40k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $129k (likely $11k – $272k)
- 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
- 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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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
Research and Experimental Psychology at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$86,946
- Barnard College$65,644
- Vassar College$65,095
- University of Rochester$65,000
- New York University$63,315
- Niagara University$55,947
- Utica University$53,457
- Colgate University$50,356
- St. Francis College$47,934
- Union College$46,325