Master's · Rochester, New York
Is Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods at University of Rochester worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $121,399
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $160,986
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $49,836
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $53k (likely $53k – $53k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $94k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.5 years (likely 1.3–1.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $665k (likely $535k – $809k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.77M (likely $1.44M – $2.17M)
- 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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- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$155,464
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- Economics (Bachelor's)$109,324
- Medicine (First professional)$106,097
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Master's)$105,240
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$105,183
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$102,625
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (Master's)$100,807
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$97,103
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods at other schools in New York
- New York University$188,168
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$137,636
- Syracuse University$124,750
- St. John's University-New York$121,339
- Columbia University in the City of New York$116,859
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$112,190
- Fordham University$98,704
- Cornell University$96,697
- Hofstra University$90,726
- Pace University$90,347