CIP 1301 · Master's Degree · NYU

Education, General at NYU

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of NYU. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $70,019.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$70,019
New York CIP-4 median $75,699
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$62,869
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$80,366
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at NYU

15.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $80,366 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $70,019.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

14.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the New York CIP 1301 peer-median earnings $75,699.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$80,366
$89,979$64,68220142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 201420170
0020142017
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$287,499
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 14year 0year 39
Cost per year
$18,555
HS-only baseline · NY
$40,100
Years to complete
6
CIP family
13

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 1301

Education, General across New York institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all New York Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Adelphi UniversityPEER$75,69969 grads
NYUTHIS PROGRAM$70,019
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →