Master's · Saratoga Springs, New York
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods 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
- $64,820
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,732
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $31,130
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k 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
- −$241k (likely −$312k – −$162k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$314k (likely −$453k – −$163k)
- 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
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in New York
- Boricua College$89,128
- Pace University$85,077
- St. John's University-New York$83,019
- CUNY Brooklyn College$80,655
- CUNY City College$79,740
- Molloy University$79,134
- CUNY Lehman College$78,311
- CUNY Queens College$77,925
- CUNY Hunter College$77,067
- Relay Graduate School of Education$76,883