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title: CUNY Brooklyn College — cost, debt & earnings (College Scorecard)
location: Brooklyn, NY
control: Public
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release)
sourceUrl: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
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# CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY · Public · Bachelor-granting

> Federal College Scorecard institution **medians** — not a prediction of any one student's outcome, and not a figure for any single program. Earnings/debt cover federally-aided students.

## The bottom line

| Figure | Value | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Typical earnings, 10 yrs after entry | $60,752 | recorded |
| Earnings range (25th–75th pct) | $31,888 – $87,936 | recorded |
| Typical federal debt | $9,218 | recorded |
| Debt of students who withdrew | $7,266 | recorded |
| Completion rate | 54% | recorded |
| Average annual net cost | $14,151 | recorded |
| % earning above a $28k HS-grad wage | 71% | recorded |
| Debt ÷ a year's earnings | 0.15× | derived |
| Earnings premium vs $28k HS benchmark | $32,752 | derived |

**54% of students finish** — the loans are owed whether or not you graduate, so read every figure below next to this number.

Typical **federal** loan debt is $9,218 (≈ 15% of a year's typical earnings here). Note: this counts federal loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS, or family savings — so true borrowing is usually higher; and because dropouts borrow less, low-completion schools can show a deceptively low debt figure.

## Earnings by major (the number that decides "worth it")

> **Different measure — read on its own terms.** These are median earnings **1 year after completing the program** (early career, graduates only) — NOT the 10-years-after-entry school-wide figure above. Do not compare a program figure to the school figure; compare majors to each other. The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates.

By program, early-career pay ranges from $16,916 to $102,631 across 40 program(s).

| Major | Credential | Pay (1 yr out) | Median debt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | Master's Degree | $102,631 | $21,817 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | Master's Degree | $74,008 | $33,149 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | Master's Degree | $72,583 | $20,500 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | Master's Degree | $67,998 | $24,807 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $66,006 | not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Master's Degree | $63,166 | $27,668 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | Master's Degree | $55,762 | not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Master's Degree | $52,663 | $20,442 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | Bachelor's Degree | $50,539 | $13,857 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $48,399 | $9,000 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | Master's Degree | $44,396 | $24,750 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | Master's Degree | $40,154 | $29,571 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | Master's Degree | $39,827 | $61,500 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,068 | $14,125 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | Master's Degree | $37,510 | $41,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Bachelor's Degree | $36,416 | $10,315 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | Master's Degree | $36,075 | $36,646 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | $34,648 | $10,000 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,906 | $10,250 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,570 | $8,625 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,533 | $12,464 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,321 | $11,260 |
| Journalism. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,077 | not reported |
| Political Science and Government. | Bachelor's Degree | $29,289 | $12,973 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | Bachelor's Degree | $29,171 | $10,588 |
| Psychology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,308 | $10,500 |
| History. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,830 | not reported |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,524 | not reported |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,479 | $9,218 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $26,829 | $13,500 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | Master's Degree | $26,252 | not reported |
| Sociology. | Bachelor's Degree | $25,202 | not reported |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,910 | $14,993 |
| Biology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $23,286 | $14,000 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $22,206 | $12,721 |
| Philosophy. | Bachelor's Degree | $21,147 | not reported |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $20,939 | $13,745 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $18,772 | not reported |
| Economics. | Bachelor's Degree | $17,854 | not reported |
| Chemistry. | Bachelor's Degree | $16,916 | not reported |

## What this is — and is NOT

Institution-wide medians from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. **Not** a prediction of what you would earn or owe, **not** a figure for any single program (a CS and a fine-arts graduate of the same school diverge enormously), **not** proof the school caused the outcome (selection, not causation), and **not** a "best college" ranking. Explore CUNY Brooklyn College by field of study at the official Scorecard: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?190549

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