Master's · Brooklyn, New York
Is Special Education and Teaching at St. Joseph's University-New York worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 9.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,693
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $75,298
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $35,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $38k (likely $38k – $38k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.3 years (likely 6.4–18.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$138k (likely −$200k – −$80k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$7k (likely −$147k – $142k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$153,908
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$104,818
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$97,012
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$91,673
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other (Master's)$87,879
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$82,916
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other (Master's)$78,677
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$76,238
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$75,871
- Mathematics and Statistics, Other (Bachelor's)$74,070
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$71,364
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$67,968
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in New York
- CUNY City College$94,601
- Pace University$91,867
- CUNY Brooklyn College$90,918
- CUNY Hunter College$88,978
- Manhattan University$87,967
- College of Staten Island CUNY$86,157
- CUNY Queens College$85,359
- CUNY Lehman College$84,758
- St. John's University-New York$84,195
- Long Island University$81,836