Brooklyn College Finance (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Finance and Financial Management Services
- Public college
- Brooklyn, NY
- About 78 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Brooklyn College finance graduates earn less than graduates of most finance programs nationally, $37,867 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $13,938 in federal loans, less than at 98% of finance programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the New York median of $51,244.
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.
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.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $148 a month, or 4.7% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
89% of graduates (103 of 116) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $37,867 salary here buys what about $33,641 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 Brooklyn College
Finance ranks 6th of 27 bachelor's programs at Brooklyn College by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer and Information Science ($51,862), Information Science ($49,688), and Subject-Area Teacher Education ($46,233).
Other finance bachelor's programs near Brooklyn
Common questions
The median graduate earns $37,867 one year after graduating. The median across finance bachelor's programs in New York is $51,244.
The median federal loan balance is $13,938, which ranks 2nd lowest of 25 finance bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $148 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 37% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several New York programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 89% (103 of 116) 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