Master's · Queens, New York
Is Special Education and Teaching at CUNY Queens College worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 2.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $81,171
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $91,686
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,427
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $25k (likely $25k – $25k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $24k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.6 years (likely 1.8–3.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $54k (likely −$33k – $147k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $370k (likely $162k – $608k)
- 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
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$93,857
- 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
- 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
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in New York
- CUNY City College$94,601
- Pace University$91,867
- CUNY Brooklyn College$90,918
- CUNY Hunter College$88,978
- Manhattan University$87,967
- College of Staten Island CUNY$86,157
- CUNY Lehman College$84,758
- St. John's University-New York$84,195
- Long Island University$81,836
- Adelphi University$80,788