Bachelor's · Saratoga Springs, New York
Is Business/Commerce, General at Empire State University 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 1.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $69,803
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $74,506
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,312
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $47k (likely $47k – $63k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $37k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.9 years (likely 1.7–2.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $153k (likely $92k – $184k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $548k (likely $468k – $627k)
- 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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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$123,698
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Master's)$118,071
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$116,598
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$114,116
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$102,384
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Graduate certificate)$99,737
- Human Resources Management and Services (Associate's)$90,619
- Education, Other (Master's)$75,854
- Physical Sciences, Other (Associate's)$73,027
- Physical Sciences, Other (Bachelor's)$71,805
- Public Policy Analysis (Bachelor's)$71,242
- Social Sciences, Other (Master's)$71,200
Business/Commerce, General at other schools in New York
- New York University$137,804
- University of Rochester$93,367
- Skidmore College$93,229
- Pace University$89,450
- CUNY Graduate School and University Center$83,561
- St Lawrence University$82,269
- Siena University$72,369
- Excelsior University$69,623
- College of Staten Island CUNY$60,530
- LIM College$55,030