College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting · 28,663 undergrads · 9% admitted

Do students finish?

88% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$84,374/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$337,496 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$82,509 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $45,965 median $82,509 75th pct $133,284

81% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

44 Bachelor's programs · $16,813 to $93,346 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $93,346 $18,500

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.Bachelor's $79,980 $17,250

Business/Commerce, General.Bachelor's $77,787 $19,500

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $75,653 $19,500

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $69,860 $19,000

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $65,906 $21,970

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $64,972 $21,140

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $63,125 $24,000

Economics.Bachelor's $60,699 $19,767

Real Estate.Bachelor's $60,021 $20,500

Mathematics.Bachelor's $57,869 $19,500

Engineering-Related Fields.Bachelor's $53,890 $20,500

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $52,475 $24,028

Hospitality Administration/Management.Bachelor's $51,999 $17,905

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $48,488 $20,500

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.Bachelor's $48,479 $21,500

History.Bachelor's $45,990 $18,875

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $45,963 $24,125

Area Studies.Bachelor's $44,822 $19,500

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.Bachelor's $44,800 $21,500

Sociology.Bachelor's $42,066 $18,875

Social Sciences, General.Bachelor's $40,666 $27,000

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $37,983 $18,000

Public Health.Bachelor's $37,675 $19,000

Social Sciences, Other.Bachelor's $37,265 $20,500

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $37,056 $21,519

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $36,142 $21,069

Physics.Bachelor's $33,529 $22,750

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $31,324 $20,746

Research and Experimental Psychology.Bachelor's $30,912 $20,276

Film/Video and Photographic Arts.Bachelor's $30,874 $20,500

Visual and Performing Arts, Other.Bachelor's $30,081 $23,250

Community Organization and Advocacy.Bachelor's $29,855 —

Philosophy.Bachelor's $28,813 $23,250

Neurobiology and Neurosciences.Bachelor's $28,680 $19,500

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.Bachelor's $27,491 $20,500

Nutrition Sciences.Bachelor's $25,904 $21,250

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $25,246 $21,411

Music.Bachelor's $23,570 $25,000

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $22,631 $26,000

Chemistry.Bachelor's $22,406 $24,125

Dance.Bachelor's $21,881 $23,004

Biology, General.Bachelor's $20,981 $21,500

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $16,813 $23,195

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$18,500

≈ 22% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (105 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website