Which New York finance program has the lowest debt?

Baruch College reports the lowest median federal debt, $11,000, with first-year pay of $54,991.

How much do finance graduates earn in New York?

The median across 27 New York finance bachelor's programs is $51,244 in the first year after graduating and $81,690 five years after.

How many finance bachelor's programs are in New York?

27 New York programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 25 of them also report federal debt.

Finance (Bachelor's) Programs in New York, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

27 programs report first-year pay
25 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Finance and Financial Management Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median New York finance bachelor's program pays its graduates $51,244 in their first year, $2,129 less than the national median. Fordham University reports the highest first-year pay ($83,789), and Baruch College the lowest median debt ($11,000).

Median first-year pay$51,244National $53,373

Median pay after 5 years$81,690National $77,457

Median federal debt$25,000National $23,250

Debt-to-earnings45%National 44%

All 27 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Fordham UniversityBronx · private nonprofit	$83,789	$133,923	$26,850	32%
2	Binghamton UniversityVestal · public	$73,598	$115,986	$15,000	20%
3	Syracuse UniversitySyracuse · private nonprofit	$72,819	$109,595	$27,000	37%
4	Pace UniversityNew York · private nonprofit	$61,246	$98,341	$26,000	42%
5	RITRochester · private nonprofit	$56,513	$89,375	$23,250	41%
6	Manhattan UniversityRiverdale · private nonprofit	$55,972	$94,770	$26,323	47%
7	Hofstra UniversityHempstead · private nonprofit	$55,143	$98,154	$24,875	45%
8	Baruch CollegeNew York · public	$54,991	$85,456	$11,000	20%
9	Siena UniversityLoudonville · private nonprofit	$54,056	$99,365	$27,000	50%
10	Manhattanville UniversityPurchase · private nonprofit	$53,434	$81,690	$25,000	47%
11	Iona UniversityNew Rochelle · private nonprofit	$53,084	$88,073	$22,656	43%
12	SUNY OswegoOswego · public	$51,590	$78,257	$19,298	37%
13	St. John's UniversityQueens · private nonprofit	$51,259	$85,166	$26,000	51%
14	St Bonaventure UniversitySaint Bonaventure · private nonprofit	$51,244	$81,426	$25,443	50%
15	Adelphi UniversityGarden City · private nonprofit	$49,517	$88,940	$26,000	53%
16	SUNY BrockportBrockport · public	$49,019	$64,752	$23,093	47%
17	Canisius UniversityBuffalo · private nonprofit	$48,587	$67,796	$21,875	45%
18	Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse · private nonprofit	$47,232	$78,376	$23,909	51%
19	SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury · public	$46,941	Not reported	$18,500	39%
20	St. John Fisher UniversityRochester · private nonprofit	$46,785	$89,381	$26,000	56%
21	SUNY FredoniaFredonia · public	$46,737	$70,576	$25,171	54%
22	Queens CollegeQueens · public	$45,168	$77,085	Not reported	Not reported
23	SUNY New PaltzNew Paltz · public	$43,834	$67,220	$19,550	45%
24	Touro UniversityNew York · private nonprofit	$43,019	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
25	SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton · public	$42,110	$66,486	$27,377	65%
26	SUNY PlattsburghPlattsburgh · public	$40,414	$71,066	$27,000	67%
27	Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn · public	$37,867	Not reported	$13,938	37%

Queens College and Touro University report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

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 the 25 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$130,860

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $62,340Top 10%: $336,070

Financial Managers

$219,880

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $124,670Top 10%: $370,780

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

$168,340

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $59,960Top 10%: $329,460

Financial and Investment Analysts

$127,930

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $77,540Top 10%: $225,380

Common questions

Fordham University in Bronx reports the highest median first-year pay, $83,789. Its median federal debt is $26,850.

Finance (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked407 programs by pay and debt

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.
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.
Medians are across the finance bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024