Master's · Albany, New York
Is Special Education and Teaching 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,613
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,814
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $35,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $37k (likely $37k – $37k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k 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
- −$244k (likely −$340k – −$141k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$253k (likely −$452k – −$43k)
- 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 (Master's)$84,950
- Public Administration (Graduate certificate)$81,812
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$80,285
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in New York
- CUNY City College$94,601
- Pace University$91,867
- CUNY Brooklyn College$90,918
- CUNY Hunter College$88,978
- Manhattan University$87,967
- College of Staten Island CUNY$86,157
- CUNY Queens College$85,359
- CUNY Lehman College$84,758
- St. John's University-New York$84,195
- Long Island University$81,836