Bachelor's · Fredonia, New York

Is Music at SUNY at Fredonia 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 9.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $34,562; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $49,188; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $26,249; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $65k (likely $65k – $84k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 9.4 years (likely 6.2–16.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$143k (likely −$220k – −$69k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $15k (likely −$139k – $178k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 55%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26