Master's · Oneonta, New York

Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at SUNY Oneonta worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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: $63,975; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $67,070; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $13,361; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $14k (likely $14k – $14k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: −$1k 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: −$182k (likely −$238k – −$131k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$196k (likely −$298k – −$99k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.