Baruch College Finance (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Finance and Financial Management Services
- Public college
- New York, NY
- About 891 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Baruch College finance graduates earn about what finance graduates earn nationally, $54,991 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $11,000 in federal loans, less than at 99% of finance programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying finance degrees in New York.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all finance bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Baruch College graduates earn more than the national figure and about $3,766 more than the New York median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York finance 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 55% 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 $12,159 less in their first year than other graduates. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $117 a month, or 2.6% 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. Separately, 50 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $19,946.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
89% of graduates (819 of 925) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $54,991 salary here buys what about $48,854 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 finance, 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.
Financial Managers
$219,880Median pay in New York. 80,810 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 65,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
$168,340Median pay in New York. 55,630 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 35,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Financial and Investment Analysts
$127,930Median pay in New York. 52,380 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Baruch College
Finance ranks 4th of 19 bachelor's programs at Baruch College by first-year earnings. The top three are Management Science ($62,306), Business Economics ($57,909), and Clinical and Counseling Psychology ($57,204).
Other finance bachelor's programs near New York
Common questions
The median graduate earns $54,991 one year after graduating and $85,456 five years after. The median across finance bachelor's programs in New York is $51,244.
The median federal loan balance is $11,000, which ranks the lowest of 25 finance bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $117 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 20% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 5% 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. 89% (819 of 925) 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 finance 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