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University at Albany
Albany, NY · Public · 12,564 students · mostly bachelor degrees
160th-cheapest of 328 New York colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$17,167
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$28,802
Graduation rate
61%
Admission rate
69%
Median graduate earnings
$67,979
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$19,500
Median ACT
26
Pell grant recipients
44%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
222 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree86 grads/yr$113,822Accounting · Master's Degree72 grads/yr$110,374Taxation · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$109,679Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Doctoral Degree18 grads/yr$108,938Financial Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree$103,659Accounting · Bachelor's Degree100 grads/yr$98,010Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Bachelor's Degree57 grads/yr$95,885Public Administration · Master's Degree71 grads/yr$84,950Public Administration · Graduate/Professional Certificate4 grads/yr$81,812Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree132 grads/yr$80,285Environmental Health · Master's Degree89 grads/yr$77,882Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree321 grads/yr$76,633Writing, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$76,461Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree9 grads/yr$74,708Environmental Health · Graduate/Professional Certificate58 grads/yr$74,144Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$71,211Criminology · Master's Degree$71,183Environmental Chemistry · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$70,124Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$70,022Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations · Bachelor's Degree191 grads/yr$69,365Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other · Bachelor's Degree$68,928Mathematics and Statistics, Other · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$68,843Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$68,178French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$66,414Curriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$66,047
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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