Which John Jay College major has the lowest debt?

Legal Studies graduates leave with a median of $9,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 John Jay College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does John Jay College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $7,470 a year, and $15,420 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,203 a year.

How many John Jay College programs report graduate pay?

17 bachelor's programs at John Jay College report first-year pay, and 13 of them also report federal debt.

John Jay College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Public college
New York, NY
11,590 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

17 John Jay College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Information Technology pays the most in the first year ($49,580), and Philosophy the least ($30,851). The median program pays $37,284.

In-state tuition and fees$7,470Per year. Out-of-state $15,420

Average net price after aid$3,203Per year

Graduation rate56%Within 6 years

Admission rate57%Of applicants

All 17 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Information TechnologyAbout 202 graduates a year	$49,580	$73,192	$13,875	5th of 11
2	Public AdministrationAbout 38 graduates a year	$48,881	$57,522	$13,895	2nd of 4
3	Fire ScienceAbout 33 graduates a year	$48,121	$62,910	$16,500	1st of 1
4	Security Science and TechnologyAbout 118 graduates a year	$44,092	$65,413	$14,475	1st of 4
5	Physical SciencesGraduates a year not reported	$41,587	Not reported	$11,109	1st of 1
6	SociologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$40,401	Not reported	$14,125	7th of 38
7	Other Social SciencesAbout 14 graduates a year	$37,919	$61,792	Not reported	3rd of 9
8	Romance LanguagesAbout 9 graduates a year	$37,442	Not reported	Not reported	10th of 19
9	Criminal JusticeAbout 1,454 graduates a year	$37,284	$62,064	$10,500	8th of 32
10	Political ScienceAbout 120 graduates a year	$35,828	$59,730	$14,820	22nd of 47
11	Clinical and Counseling PsychologyAbout 537 graduates a year	$35,656	$55,307	$13,421	4th of 7
12	Cell Biology and AnatomyAbout 27 graduates a year	$34,619	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
13	CriminologyAbout 204 graduates a year	$33,798	$56,457	$11,000	6th of 7
14	EconomicsAbout 48 graduates a year	$33,709	$63,500	$11,750	35th of 36
15	Legal StudiesAbout 150 graduates a year	$32,649	$58,557	$9,500	2nd of 4
16	EnglishAbout 36 graduates a year	$31,842	$53,181	$9,848	11th of 41
17	PhilosophyAbout 12 graduates a year	$30,851	$51,730	Not reported	6th of 9

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Information Technology$49,580
Public Administration$48,881
Fire Science$48,121
Security Science and Technology$44,092
Physical Sciences$41,587

Lowest median debt

Legal Studies$9,500
English$9,848
Criminal Justice$10,500
Criminology$11,000
Physical Sciences$11,109

Largest programs

Criminal JusticeAbout 1,454 graduates a year
Clinical and Counseling PsychologyAbout 537 graduates a year
CriminologyAbout 204 graduates a year
Information TechnologyAbout 202 graduates a year
Legal StudiesAbout 150 graduates a year

Common questions

Information Technology graduates earn a median of $49,580 in their first year, the most of 17 John Jay College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels