Bachelor's · Bronx, New York

Is Health and Medical Administrative Services at CUNY Lehman College worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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: $54,874; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $62,000; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $10,250; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $2k (likely $2k – $3k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $24k 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 0.1–0.2); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $87k (likely $41k – $125k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $389k (likely $282k – $508k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 48%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in: not reported / ≤ 10%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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