City Tech Architectural Technology (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Architectural Sciences and Technology
- Public college
- Brooklyn, NY
- About 74 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
City Tech architectural technology graduates earn less than graduates of most architectural technology programs nationally, $34,834 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $15,221 in federal loans, less than at 96% of architectural technology programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the New York median of $50,428.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all architectural technology bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, City Tech graduates earn more than the national figure and about the same as the New York median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York architectural technology 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 90% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $161 a month, or 5.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
93% of graduates (95 of 102) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $34,834 salary here buys what about $30,946 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 architectural technology, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Architectural and Engineering Managers
$175,710Median pay in New York. 8,250 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Architectural and Civil Drafters
$76,260Median pay in New York. 7,380 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 9,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.
About City Tech
Architectural Technology ranks 12th of 18 bachelor's programs at City Tech by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($103,611), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($92,818), and Construction Engineering Technology ($67,476).
Other architectural technology bachelor's programs near Brooklyn
Common questions
The median graduate earns $34,834 one year after graduating and $66,275 five years after. The median across architectural technology bachelor's programs in New York is $50,428.
The median federal loan balance is $15,221, which ranks the lowest of 5 architectural technology bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $161 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 44% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 54%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several New York programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 93% (95 of 102) 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 architectural technology 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