Bachelor's · New Paltz, New York
Is Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft at State University of New York at New Paltz 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 19.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $27,253
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $42,450
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,772
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $83k (likely $83k – $108k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 19.9 years (likely 11.1–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$231k (likely −$304k – −$168k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$158k (likely −$277k – −$10k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 69%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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AP classes
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Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft at other schools in New York
- Manhattanville University$48,629
- Binghamton University$47,945
- Ithaca College$46,563
- Fordham University$46,317
- University at Buffalo$45,677
- Hofstra University$44,388
- Syracuse University$44,045
- Long Island University$43,904
- New York University$42,348
- CUNY New York City College of Technology$41,880