Master's · Saratoga Springs, New York
Is Curriculum and Instruction at Empire State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,529
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,082
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,057
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $21k (likely $21k – $21k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$858 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$195k (likely −$274k – −$111k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$226k (likely −$380k – −$62k)
- 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 Empire State University
- 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
Curriculum and Instruction at other schools in New York
- Teachers College at Columbia University$86,945
- University at Albany$66,047
- SUNY at Fredonia$55,184
- SUNY Brockport$53,954
- SUNY Buffalo State University$51,175