CUNY Queens College
Queens, New York · Public
Of 44 assessed programs, 39 leave graduates out-earning a typical New York high-school graduate (about $35,746/yr) and 5 fall short. Another 73 could not be assessed.
What would this cost you?
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $1,541 |
| $30k to $48k | $3,133 |
| $48k to $75k | $6,785 |
| $75k to $110k | $9,110 |
| $110k and up | $12,700 |
| All families (average) | $4,195 |
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.
Program earnings vs a high-school graduate
Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.
44 of 117 programs could be assessed 38% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Years to repay | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $57,210 | +$21,464 | clears the bar | $9,623 | 0.4 yrs | 691 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $65,049 | +$29,303 | clears the bar | $7,295 | 0.2 yrs | 357 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $69,956 | +$34,210 | clears the bar | $10,822 | 0.3 yrs | 337 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $112,903 | +$77,157 | clears the bar | $10,301 | 0.1 yrs | 311 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $87,964 | +$52,218 | clears the bar | $19,100 | 0.4 yrs | 204 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $56,550 | +$20,804 | clears the bar | $12,397 | 0.6 yrs | 195 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $67,221 | +$31,475 | clears the bar | $11,000 | 0.3 yrs | 140 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | $76,925 | +$41,179 | clears the bar | $15,178 | 0.4 yrs | 139 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $84,899 | +$49,153 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 115 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $64,303 | +$28,557 | clears the bar | $15,000 | 0.5 yrs | 115 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $65,213 | +$29,467 | clears the bar | $10,457 | 0.4 yrs | 110 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $77,925 | +$42,179 | clears the bar | $19,033 | 0.5 yrs | 106 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | $44,835 | +$9,089 | clears the bar | $14,250 | 1.6 yrs | 105 |
| Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | Bachelor's Degree | $78,281 | +$42,535 | clears the bar | $11,000 | 0.3 yrs | 104 |
| Library Science and Administration | Master's Degree | $70,373 | +$34,627 | clears the bar | $17,509 | 0.5 yrs | 101 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $50,194 | +$14,448 | clears the bar | $7,000 | 0.5 yrs | 99 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $61,501 | +$25,755 | clears the bar | $12,500 | 0.5 yrs | 94 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $93,857 | +$58,111 | clears the bar | $14,925 | 0.3 yrs | 89 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $94,526 | +$58,780 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 78 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $52,406 | +$16,660 | clears the bar | $12,500 | 0.8 yrs | 71 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $74,659 | +$38,913 | clears the bar | $8,298 | 0.2 yrs | 65 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $85,359 | +$49,613 | clears the bar | $21,433 | 0.4 yrs | 60 |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | Bachelor's Degree | $59,655 | +$23,909 | clears the bar | $12,684 | 0.5 yrs | 56 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $62,602 | +$26,856 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 52 |
| Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | $86,240 | +$50,494 | clears the bar | $33,941 | 0.7 yrs | 51 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | $65,863 | +$30,117 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 44 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | $22,917 1-year earnings | -$12,829 | falls short | $13,421 | insufficient data | 43 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $37,764 | +$2,018 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 43 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | $87,317 | +$51,571 | clears the bar | $19,526 | 0.4 yrs | 40 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $49,054 | +$13,308 | clears the bar | $10,750 | 0.8 yrs | 40 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $109,328 | +$73,582 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 37 |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Bachelor's Degree | $74,979 | +$39,233 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 34 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | $62,513 | +$26,767 | clears the bar | $30,000 | 1.1 yrs | 29 |
| School Counseling | Master's Degree | $79,953 | +$44,207 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 26 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Bachelor's Degree | $79,175 | +$43,429 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 25 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $64,185 | +$28,439 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 24 |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Master's Degree | $89,294 | +$53,548 | clears the bar | $27,792 | 0.5 yrs | 22 |
| Music | Master's Degree | $27,902 1-year earnings | -$7,844 | falls short | insufficient data | insufficient data | 21 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $16,733 1-year earnings | -$19,013 | falls short | insufficient data | insufficient data | 19 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | $31,239 | -$4,507 | falls short | insufficient data | insufficient data | 19 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $24,900 1-year earnings | -$10,846 | falls short | insufficient data | insufficient data | 18 |
| Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | Master's Degree | $83,444 | +$47,698 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 17 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | $38,729 1-year earnings | +$2,983 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | $61,300 1-year earnings | +$25,554 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 26 |
| Statistics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 24 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 24 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 20 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 20 |
| Psychology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 18 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 18 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 17 |
| English | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 16 |
| History | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 16 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Counseling Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 13 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 12 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Human Resources | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 10 |
| Neuroscience | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 10 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 9 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 9 |
| Management Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 9 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Fine Arts | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Management Science | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Communications and Media | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Physics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Philosophy | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Management Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Philosophy | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Music | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Area Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Area Studies | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Human Development and Family Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Library Science and Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Statistics | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Research Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Social Sciences | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Anthropology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Political Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Sociology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Management Information Systems | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Taxation | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Nutrition Sciences | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Music | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Finance | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($35,746/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.