CIP 4304 · Master's Degree · Utica University

Security Science and Technology at Utica University

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of Utica University. 42 completers in the most recent 4-year window (56 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $104,483.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$104,483
New York CIP-4 median $70,632
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$97,629
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$37,746
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
42
56 most recent year
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 Utica University

4.8%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $37,746 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $104,483.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

7.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the New York CIP 4304 peer-median earnings $70,632.

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$37,746
$37,746$35,02220142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2018201942
564220182019
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
$937,438
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 9year 0year 39
Cost per year
$19,670
HS-only baseline · NY
$40,100
Years to complete
6
CIP family
43

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 4304

Security Science and Technology 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.

Utica UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$104,48342 grads
SyracusePEER$70,63222 gradsHofstra UniversityPEER$56,95421 grads
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 →