Doctoral · Queens, New York
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at St. John's University-New York 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $110,303
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $104,480
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $54,112
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $57k (likely $57k – $57k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $35k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.5 years (likely 1.5–4.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$106k (likely −$299k – $130k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $203k (likely −$158k – $668k)
- 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 St. John's University-New York
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$170,203
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- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$142,774
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$135,962
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$121,339
- Taxation (Master's)$120,205
- Law (First professional)$112,325
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$109,990
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$109,396
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Graduate certificate)$106,313
- Insurance (Bachelor's)$105,688
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in New York
- The New School$128,575
- Hofstra University$127,131
- Adelphi University$124,820
- CUNY Graduate School and University Center$124,608
- Fordham University$112,494
- University at Buffalo$112,025
- Long Island University$109,668
- University at Albany$108,938
- Yeshiva University$108,399
- Roberts Wesleyan University$67,219