College of Staten Island Business (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Business/Commerce, General
- Public college
- Staten Island, NY
- About 160 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
College of Staten Island business graduates earn less than graduates of most business programs nationally, $29,736 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $11,956 in federal loans, less than at more than 99% of business programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the New York median of $53,966.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all business bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, College of Staten Island graduates earn about the national figure but about $11,794 less than the New York median. Several New York programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York business program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 111% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned slightly more in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed less. At this program, the outcome does not look worse for students with less money.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $127 a month, or 5.1% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
91% of graduates (180 of 198) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $29,736 salary here buys what about $26,417 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$130,860Median pay in New York. 206,740 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Project Management Specialists
$121,040Median pay in New York. 68,020 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Management Analysts
$112,250Median pay in New York. 69,150 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 94,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Sales Managers
$217,640Median pay in New York. 38,510 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 47,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About College of Staten Island
Business ranks 14th of 19 bachelor's programs at College of Staten Island by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($110,335), Medical Laboratory Science ($86,226), and Electrical Engineering ($66,506).
Other business bachelor's programs near Staten Island
Common questions
The median graduate earns $29,736 one year after graduating and $62,693 five years after. The median across business bachelor's programs in New York is $53,966.
The median federal loan balance is $11,956, which ranks the lowest of 10 business bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $127 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 40% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 54%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 20% or less. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several New York programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 91% (180 of 198) were working in New York one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the business program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024