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title: CUNY City College — cost, debt & earnings (College Scorecard)
location: New York, 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 City College

New York, 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 | $66,039 | recorded |
| Earnings range (25th–75th pct) | $37,225 – $91,371 | recorded |
| Typical federal debt | $9,775 | recorded |
| Debt of students who withdrew | $7,500 | recorded |
| Completion rate | 57% | recorded |
| Average annual net cost | $14,403 | recorded |
| % earning above a $28k HS-grad wage | 74% | recorded |
| Debt ÷ a year's earnings | 0.15× | derived |
| Earnings premium vs $28k HS benchmark | $38,039 | derived |

**57% 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 $9,775 (≈ 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 $17,652 to $122,779 across 44 program(s).

| Major | Credential | Pay (1 yr out) | Median debt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | Bachelor's Degree | $122,779 | not reported |
| Special Education and Teaching. | Master's Degree | $71,049 | $23,914 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education. | Master's Degree | $70,590 | not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | Master's Degree | $69,172 | $20,504 |
| Computer Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $68,145 | not reported |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. | Master's Degree | $68,077 | $19,917 |
| Computer Science. | Bachelor's Degree | $63,822 | not reported |
| Civil Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $63,686 | $19,529 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $63,296 | $13,232 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $62,506 | not reported |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | Master's Degree | $58,920 | $41,000 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $57,964 | not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Master's Degree | $57,487 | $27,301 |
| Sustainability Studies. | Master's Degree | $55,692 | not reported |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology. | Master's Degree | $54,843 | $54,500 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education. | Bachelor's Degree | $54,352 | not reported |
| Architecture. | First Professional Degree | $51,315 | not reported |
| Public Administration. | Master's Degree | $48,900 | not reported |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | Bachelor's Degree | $46,592 | not reported |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | Master's Degree | $45,687 | not reported |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $44,455 | not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | Bachelor's Degree | $40,538 | $12,250 |
| Chemical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,335 | not reported |
| Applied Mathematics. | Bachelor's Degree | $36,766 | not reported |
| Sociology. | Bachelor's Degree | $36,402 | $10,199 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | Bachelor's Degree | $35,075 | not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Bachelor's Degree | $34,912 | $9,558 |
| Chemistry. | Bachelor's Degree | $33,741 | not reported |
| Economics. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,302 | $6,650 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,237 | $14,858 |
| Political Science and Government. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,022 | $12,500 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,183 | $14,060 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | $30,733 | $13,632 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $30,325 | $20,739 |
| Psychology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $30,175 | $9,000 |
| History. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,747 | $13,075 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,019 | $11,878 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,416 | $12,994 |
| Anthropology. | Bachelor's Degree | $26,187 | not reported |
| Biology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $25,424 | $13,382 |
| Physics. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,563 | not reported |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | Bachelor's Degree | $22,379 | $12,489 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | Bachelor's Degree | $17,754 | not reported |
| Music. | Bachelor's Degree | $17,652 | $21,637 |

## 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 City College by field of study at the official Scorecard: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?190567

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