Which CUNY York College major has the lowest debt?

Social Work graduates leave with a median of $9,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 11 CUNY York College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does CUNY York College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $7,358 a year, and $15,308 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,456 a year.

How many CUNY York College programs report graduate pay?

23 bachelor's programs at CUNY York College report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

CUNY York College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Jamaica, NY
4,345 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

23 CUNY York College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($113,718), and Journalism the least ($24,535). The median program pays $40,515.

In-state tuition and fees$7,358Per year. Out-of-state $15,308

Average net price after aid$4,456Per year

Graduation rate32%Within 6 years

Admission rate64%Of applicants

All 23 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	NursingAbout 48 graduates a year	$113,718	$96,826	$12,125	3rd of 51
2	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year	$105,425	Not reported	$11,000	1st of 8
3	Rehabilitation and TherapyGraduates a year not reported	$57,806	$83,222	Not reported	1st of 7
4	AccountingAbout 48 graduates a year	$49,751	$59,338	$17,238	28th of 45
5	EconomicsAbout 3 graduates a year	$47,940	Not reported	Not reported	21st of 36
6	Romance LanguagesAbout 7 graduates a year	$46,882	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 19
7	Social WorkAbout 47 graduates a year	$44,742	$63,534	$9,500	1st of 15
8	Pharmacology and ToxicologyAbout 21 graduates a year	$43,870	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
9	Public HealthAbout 26 graduates a year	$43,000	$54,127	$13,000	6th of 13
10	Business AdministrationAbout 76 graduates a year	$42,499	$52,751	$12,925	37th of 73
11	MarketingAbout 27 graduates a year	$40,596	$53,252	Not reported	20th of 28
12	SociologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$40,515	$54,250	$14,650	6th of 38
13	Health SciencesAbout 212 graduates a year	$39,837	Not reported	$13,488	3rd of 7
14	Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 12 graduates a year	$38,718	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 4
15	PsychologyAbout 114 graduates a year	$38,701	$56,157	$11,000	6th of 65
16	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year	$37,837	$65,162	$12,000	29th of 30
17	Political ScienceAbout 10 graduates a year	$37,719	Not reported	Not reported	17th of 47
18	Computer ScienceAbout 30 graduates a year	$36,061	$55,731	Not reported	20th of 20
19	AviationAbout 21 graduates a year	$30,349	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3
20	Communications TechnologyAbout 9 graduates a year	$27,064	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
21	BiologyAbout 35 graduates a year	$26,768	Not reported	$11,375	52nd of 65
22	EnglishAbout 18 graduates a year	$26,460	$49,169	Not reported	30th of 41
23	JournalismAbout 13 graduates a year	$24,535	$44,226	Not reported	14th of 17

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.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$113,718
Medical Laboratory Science$105,425
Rehabilitation and Therapy$57,806
Accounting$49,751
Economics$47,940

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Health SciencesAbout 212 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 114 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 76 graduates a year
NursingAbout 48 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 48 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $113,718 in their first year, the most of 23 CUNY York 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