Master's · Queens, New York
Is Accounting and Related Services at CUNY Queens 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 1.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $84,831
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $100,814
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $16,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $17k (likely $17k – $17k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $33k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.5 years (likely 1.1–2.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $149k (likely $65k – $243k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $573k (likely $358k – $812k)
- 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 Queens College
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$112,903
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$111,721
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education (Graduate certificate)$109,328
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$94,526
- Urban Studies/Affairs (Master's)$89,294
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$87,964
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$87,317
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$86,240
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$85,359
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Graduate certificate)$84,899
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$83,444
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$79,953
Accounting and Related Services at other schools in New York
- New York University$134,461
- Fordham University$126,830
- Pace University$115,804
- Adelphi University$114,578
- Ithaca College$114,068
- Binghamton University$113,379
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$113,283
- Syracuse University$110,435
- University at Albany$110,374
- St. John's University-New York$109,990