Master's · Albany, New York
Is Public Administration at University at Albany 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,229
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $91,247
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,061
- 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
- $23k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.7 years (likely 2.8–5.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $24k (likely −$71k – $119k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $341k (likely $122k – $573k)
- 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 University at Albany
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$113,822
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$110,374
- Taxation (Master's)$109,679
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$108,938
- Applied Mathematics (Bachelor's)$103,659
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$98,010
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$95,885
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$86,331
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$85,424
- Public Administration (Graduate certificate)$81,812
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$80,285
- Public Health (Master's)$77,882
Public Administration at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$115,874
- New York University$109,946
- Syracuse University$107,868
- Cornell University$100,325
- Marist University$99,846
- Alfred University$94,571
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$93,751
- Excelsior University$91,233
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice$83,931
- Binghamton University$83,478