Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut · Public
Graduate earnings
24of 26 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Connecticut high-school graduate (about $37,707 a year). 2 fall short.
26 of 49 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 23: 18 with no earnings published and 5 with nothing reported. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 73 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$20,857 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$20,857 a year
About $83,428 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $17,736 |
| $30k to $48k | $18,729 |
| $48k to $75k | $19,437 |
| $75k to $110k | $22,532 |
| $110k and up | $27,809 |
| All families (average) | $20,857 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Connecticut high-school graduate ($37,707 a year).
47 of 122 programs could be assessed 39% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $63,310 | +$25,603 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 0.8 yrs | 219 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $98,870 | +$61,163 | clears the bar | $19,000 | 0.3 yrs | 157 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $50,642 | +$12,935 | clears the bar | $20,000 | 1.5 yrs | 147 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $53,411 | +$15,704 | clears the bar | $23,500 | 1.5 yrs | 128 |
| Social Work | Master's Degree | $66,503 | +$28,796 | above HS line | $41,000 | 1.4 yrs | 94 |
| Communication Disorders | Master's Degree | $65,786 | +$28,079 | above HS line | $32,996 | 1.2 yrs | 75 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $52,249 | +$14,542 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.7 yrs | 74 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $87,346 | +$49,639 | above HS line | $31,946 | 0.6 yrs | 71 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $50,379 | +$12,672 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 2.0 yrs | 68 |
| Education | Master's Degree | $52,477 | +$14,770 | above HS line | $35,000 | 2.4 yrs | 66 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $67,791 | +$30,084 | clears the bar | $20,545 | 0.7 yrs | 62 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $59,438 | +$21,731 | clears the bar | $22,500 | 1.0 yrs | 61 |
| Communication Disorders | Bachelor's Degree | $61,336 | +$23,629 | clears the bar | $19,872 | 0.8 yrs | 59 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $56,694 | +$18,987 | clears the bar | $22,250 | 1.2 yrs | 57 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $96,254 | +$58,547 | above HS line | $29,500 | 0.5 yrs | 54 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | $87,705 | +$49,998 | clears the bar | $24,713 | 0.5 yrs | 50 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | $61,932 | +$24,225 | above HS line | $41,000 | 1.7 yrs | 41 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | $60,365 | +$22,658 | clears the bar | $25,750 | 1.1 yrs | 36 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $36,387 | -$1,320 | falls short | $20,976 | no earnings gain | 32 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $50,725 | +$13,018 | clears the bar | $23,986 | 1.8 yrs | 30 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $65,840 | +$28,133 | above HS line | $23,120 | 0.8 yrs | 29 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $61,554 | +$23,847 | above HS line | $20,500 | 0.9 yrs | 29 |
| Library Science and Administration | Master's Degree | $55,3271-year earnings | +$17,620 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 28 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | $70,335 | +$32,628 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $45,270 | +$7,563 | clears the bar | $21,212 | 2.8 yrs | 25 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | $67,232 | +$29,525 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $34,8581-year earnings | -$2,849 | falls short (1-yr) | $20,500 | no earnings gain | 24 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $53,997 | +$16,290 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 1.3 yrs | 23 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $67,807 | +$30,100 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management | Bachelor's Degree | $53,522 | +$15,815 | clears the bar | $24,931 | 1.6 yrs | 18 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $59,566 | +$21,859 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Educational Administration | Doctoral Degree | $113,578 | +$75,871 | above HS line | $48,721 | 0.6 yrs | 13 |
| Psychology | Master's Degree | $54,350 | +$16,643 | above HS line | $25,262 | 1.5 yrs | 13 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | $61,570 | +$23,863 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $66,321 | +$28,614 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | $60,780 | +$23,073 | clears the bar | $22,250 | 1.0 yrs | 10 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $47,944 | +$10,237 | clears the bar | $16,750 | 1.6 yrs | 10 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | $66,607 | +$28,900 | above HS line | $39,563 | 1.4 yrs | 9 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | $72,838 | +$35,131 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 0.7 yrs | 9 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Bachelor's Degree | $74,538 | +$36,831 | clears the bar | $23,000 | 0.6 yrs | 7 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $50,760 | +$13,053 | clears the bar | $20,101 | 1.5 yrs | 6 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | $52,659 | +$14,952 | clears the bar | $23,250 | 1.6 yrs | 0 |
| Library Science and Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $64,3611-year earnings | +$26,654 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Nursing | Master's Degree | $138,364 | +$100,657 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Special Education | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | $67,322 | +$29,615 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Social Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $47,042 | +$9,335 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Communication Disorders | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $70,543 | +$32,836 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Health Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 102 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 99 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 67 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 31 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Hospitality Management | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Social Work | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $20,866 | not assessed | 9 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Biotechnology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Geography and Cartography | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Business Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Education, Other | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Library Science and Administration | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Computer and Information Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Political Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Sociology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Engineering Physics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Nursing | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Data Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Human Resources | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Nanotechnology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Physics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Accounting | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Education | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Special Education | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| English | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| English | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Library Science and Administration | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Biology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Biology | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mathematics | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Chemistry | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Physics | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Social Work | First Professional Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Social Sciences | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Nursing | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Accounting | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| History | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $37,707 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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