Which SUNY New Paltz major has the lowest debt?

Anthropology graduates leave with a median of $15,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 27 SUNY New Paltz bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does SUNY New Paltz cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $8,572 a year, and $18,822 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,809 a year.

How many SUNY New Paltz programs report graduate pay?

29 bachelor's programs at SUNY New Paltz report first-year pay, and 27 of them also report federal debt.

SUNY New Paltz Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

State University of New York at New Paltz
Public university
New Paltz, NY
6,086 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

29 SUNY New Paltz bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($72,238), and Anthropology the least ($17,288). The median program pays $29,628.

In-state tuition and fees$8,572Per year. Out-of-state $18,822

Average net price after aid$18,809Per year

Graduation rate72%Within 6 years

Admission rate62%Of applicants

All 29 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	Electrical EngineeringAbout 18 graduates a year	$72,238	$98,100	$25,125	14th of 18
2	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 44 graduates a year	$66,274	Not reported	$24,000	14th of 21
3	AccountingAbout 30 graduates a year	$47,884	$72,714	$23,410	30th of 45
4	EconomicsAbout 11 graduates a year	$47,363	$67,782	Not reported	22nd of 36
5	FinanceAbout 37 graduates a year	$43,834	$67,220	$19,550	23rd of 27
6	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 52 graduates a year	$42,538	Not reported	$25,500	27th of 30
7	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 14 graduates a year	$40,524	$56,558	$18,500	1st of 5
8	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 98 graduates a year	$39,714	$59,452	$24,293	13th of 22
9	MarketingAbout 41 graduates a year	$37,946	$74,409	$20,500	23rd of 28
10	Business AdministrationAbout 52 graduates a year	$34,979	$70,059	$17,750	64th of 73
11	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 35 graduates a year	$34,677	$57,835	$22,879	6th of 18
12	BiologyAbout 65 graduates a year	$32,288	$75,306	$18,500	33rd of 65
13	CommunicationsAbout 73 graduates a year	$29,860	$53,859	$22,750	31st of 48
14	PsychologyAbout 174 graduates a year	$29,817	$55,972	$18,580	46th of 65
15	JournalismAbout 12 graduates a year	$29,628	$52,654	$20,500	10th of 17
16	Teacher EducationAbout 150 graduates a year	$28,929	$60,232	$19,500	24th of 25
17	Romance LanguagesAbout 12 graduates a year	$28,681	$60,084	$16,000	17th of 19
18	SociologyAbout 103 graduates a year	$26,901	$51,979	$24,091	33rd of 38
19	Communication Sciences and DisordersAbout 62 graduates a year	$25,475	$64,699	$24,980	3rd of 7
20	Political ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$24,676	$56,178	$19,500	45th of 47
21	EnglishAbout 64 graduates a year	$23,862	$49,665	$25,000	39th of 41
22	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 16 graduates a year	$23,751	$52,686	$25,500	8th of 9
23	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 78 graduates a year	$23,551	$51,724	$21,500	13th of 14
24	TheatreAbout 35 graduates a year	$21,800	$23,543	$23,453	6th of 31
25	HistoryAbout 50 graduates a year	$20,124	$49,161	$19,303	31st of 35
26	Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 34 graduates a year	$19,893	$36,940	$21,324	5th of 6
27	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 26 graduates a year	$18,842	$29,713	$23,562	31st of 35
28	MusicAbout 21 graduates a year	$17,406	Not reported	Not reported	12th of 15
29	AnthropologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$17,288	$14,746	$15,750	13th of 14

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

Electrical Engineering$72,238
Mechanical Engineering$66,274
Accounting$47,884
Economics$47,363
Finance$43,834

Lowest median debt

Anthropology$15,750
Romance Languages$16,000
Business Administration$17,750
Geology and Earth Science$18,500
Biology$18,500

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 174 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 150 graduates a year
SociologyAbout 103 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 98 graduates a year
Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 78 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $72,238 in their first year, the most of 29 SUNY New Paltz 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