Bachelor's · New York, New York
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 0.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $54,584
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $73,546
- 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
- $3k (likely $3k – $4k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $35k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.2 years (likely 0.1–0.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $178k (likely $71k – $303k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $608k (likely $375k – $893k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 70%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$144,308
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$140,615
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$137,636
- Taxation (Master's)$132,681
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$128,917
- Statistics (Master's)$127,189
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$121,670
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations (Master's)$117,095
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$113,283
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$108,119
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$101,297
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$94,582
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$99,679
- Union College$75,345
- Molloy University$71,097
- New York University$66,502
- Empire State University$66,111
- Pace University$65,637
- St. Francis College$64,725
- Rochester Institute of Technology$63,845
- The New School$62,976
- CUNY Medgar Evers College$61,987