Master's · Buffalo, New York
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at SUNY Buffalo State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $53,108
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $50,469
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $33,350
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $35k (likely $35k – $35k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$18k 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
- −$384k (likely −$450k – −$318k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$599k (likely −$724k – −$479k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$98,018
- Data Analytics (Master's)$91,298
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$82,242
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$73,327
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$67,787
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$67,511
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$64,628
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General (Master's)$63,411
- Chemistry (Bachelor's)$61,262
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (Bachelor's)$60,937
- Economics (Bachelor's)$58,497
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)$58,389
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in New York
- Boricua College$89,128
- Pace University$85,077
- St. John's University-New York$83,019
- CUNY Brooklyn College$80,655
- CUNY City College$79,740
- Molloy University$79,134
- CUNY Lehman College$78,311
- CUNY Queens College$77,925
- CUNY Hunter College$77,067
- Relay Graduate School of Education$76,883