Master's · Brooklyn, New York
Is Music at CUNY Brooklyn 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- 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
- $68,405
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $51,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $54k (likely $54k – $54k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$402 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
- −$245k (likely −$361k – −$93k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$221k (likely −$454k – $97k)
- 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 CUNY Brooklyn College
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$119,900
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$95,838
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$90,918
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$89,943
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Graduate certificate)$88,981
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$88,828
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$88,100
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$85,908
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$84,744
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$83,379
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$83,086
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$80,655
Music at other schools in New York
- SUNY at Fredonia$57,662
- New York University$52,777
- Bard College$48,961
- The Juilliard School$46,372
- University of Rochester$42,543
- Manhattan School of Music$40,812
- Ithaca College$39,343
- The New School$26,925