Bachelor's · Potsdam, New York
Is Computer Engineering at Clarkson 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $87,276
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $115,780
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $26,700
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $136k (likely $136k – $165k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $78k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.1 years (likely 2.5–3.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $418k (likely $267k – $609k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.34M (likely $996k – $1.77M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 72%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$140,359
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Graduate certificate)$137,384
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$130,454
- Engineering, Other (Master's)$116,741
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$109,601
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$108,604
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$107,611
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$103,132
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$98,831
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$97,750
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$93,614
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$93,152
Computer Engineering at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$194,365
- Stony Brook University$128,038
- New York University$127,201
- Rochester Institute of Technology$123,027
- Binghamton University$117,721
- CUNY City College$117,131
- Syracuse University$110,988
- University at Buffalo$109,221
- Manhattan University$91,394
- State University of New York at Oswego$86,865