Associate's · Saratoga Springs, New York
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities 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
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $58,134
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $9,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $24k (likely $24k – $32k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $21k 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 1.3–2.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $97k (likely $35k – $164k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $341k (likely $209k – $481k)
- 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
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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
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- Maria College of Albany$79,266
- St. Francis College$74,867
- Excelsior University$63,016
- SUNY Westchester Community College$50,312
- Touro University$49,692
- CUNY New York City College of Technology$49,160
- CUNY Medgar Evers College$47,772
- Ulster County Community College$47,695
- North Country Community College$46,635
- Nassau Community College$46,296