Best Earnings After Graduation in New York
25 schools ranked by median earnings 10 years after enrollment from College Scorecard. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany · private | $29,882 | 64.6% | $131,426 | 52.7% |
| 2 | Helene Fuld College of Nursing New York · private | $47,181 | 68.3% | $111,027 | 17.0% |
| 3 | St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens Rego Park · private | $26,315 | 67.8% | $104,403 | — |
| 4 | Cornell University Ithaca · private | $28,690 | 95.7% | $104,043 | 8.8% |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York · private | $21,590 | 93.0% | $102,491 | 4.0% |
| 6 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy · private | $36,228 | 85.0% | $102,051 | 63.5% |
| 7 | SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck · public | $22,367 | 74.5% | $95,951 | 72.4% |
| 8 | Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York · community | $43,195 | 82.9% | $92,751 | 48.6% |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point · public | $6,174 | 79.7% | $90,610 | 34.2% |
| 10 | Clarkson University Potsdam · private | $30,305 | 75.8% | $89,696 | 77.4% |
| 11 | Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland Suffern · community | $10,753 | 34.8% | $89,548 | 36.7% |
| 12 | Union College Schenectady · private | $34,561 | 84.8% | $88,604 | 43.9% |
| 13 | St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island Staten Island · private | $35,666 | 64.0% | $86,693 | — |
| 14 | Manhattan University Riverdale · private | $27,256 | 74.9% | $86,316 | 78.9% |
| 15 | Fordham University Bronx · private | $44,338 | 81.5% | $85,569 | 59.3% |
| 16 | Colgate University Hamilton · private | $28,786 | 91.0% | $85,139 | 13.9% |
| 17 | The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York · private | $13,269 | 85.2% | $83,847 | 20.7% |
| 18 | New York University New York · private | $37,050 | 87.7% | $82,509 | 9.2% |
| 19 | Binghamton University Vestal · public | $21,620 | 82.8% | $80,596 | 38.6% |
| 20 | Barnard College New York · private | $28,800 | 93.2% | $80,516 | 8.8% |
| 21 | Belanger School of Nursing Schenectady · private | $13,185 | 61.4% | $79,677 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Syracuse University Syracuse · private | $38,793 | 82.6% | $79,164 | 45.9% |
| 23 | University of Rochester Rochester · private | $29,278 | 88.2% | $79,042 | 40.1% |
| 24 | Hamilton College Clinton · private | $28,985 | 91.8% | $78,411 | 13.6% |
| 25 | Marist University Poughkeepsie · private | $41,544 | 79.8% | $77,819 | 56.5% |
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