Master's · New York, New York
Is International Relations and National Security Studies at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 14.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $69,346
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $31,011
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 14.4 years (likely 3.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$171k (likely −$290k – −$21k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$132k (likely −$386k – $172k)
- 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 John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$96,069
- Security Science and Technology (Master's)$93,984
- Homeland Security (Master's)$85,873
- Public Administration (Master's)$83,931
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$79,246
- Philosophy (Bachelor's)$78,041
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (Bachelor's)$77,144
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$74,889
- Fire Protection (Bachelor's)$72,228
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$69,322
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$68,820
- Physical Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$68,781
International Relations and National Security Studies at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$107,574
- Fordham University$93,706
- New York University$93,034
- Syracuse University$92,844
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$74,762
- The New School$70,655
- University at Albany$59,705