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Master's · New York, New York

Is Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies at New York University worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 12.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$49,377
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$74,513
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$37,140
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$39k (likely $39k – $39k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
12.3 years (likely 6.4–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$174k (likely −$272k – −$63k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$50k (likely −$261k – $207k)
Today's dollars

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