Master's · Fredonia, New York
Is Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language at SUNY at Fredonia worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $55,558
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,415
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$9k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$274k (likely −$373k – −$153k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$364k (likely −$552k – −$107k)
- 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 SUNY at Fredonia
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$88,991
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$77,409
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$74,904
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$61,562
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$61,231
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$58,820
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$58,379
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$58,133
- Music (Master's)$57,662
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Bachelor's)$57,369
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$57,321
- Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)$55,441
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language at other schools in New York
- CUNY Lehman College$96,469
- CUNY Queens College$87,317
- College of Staten Island CUNY$86,896
- Touro University$85,537
- CUNY City College$85,112
- Molloy University$84,750
- CUNY Hunter College$84,459
- Mercy University$81,625
- New York University$80,567
- St. John's University-New York$79,488