Bachelor's+43% vs national median1,834 grads tracked
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at CUNY Queens College
Ranked 6th of 256 bachelor's programs in Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$50,396
middle 50%: $33,129 – $72,866
Median · 5 years out
$79,998
middle 50%: $57,458 – $95,855
Median · 10 years out
$98,084
middle 50%: $67,789 – $124,386
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Teacher Education graduates from CUNY Queens College start with a median salary of $50k. Earnings increase significantly to $98k by year 10.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
5.5 yrs
≈ $6,275 total interest
Same major at other universities
New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York
$112,060 · 5 yrs out
College of Staten Island/CUNY
$84,244 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Brooklyn College
$82,864 · 5 yrs out
Fitchburg State University
$82,210 · 5 yrs out
CUNY York College
$81,907 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Lehman College
$79,646 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at Albany
$79,247 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Hunter College
$79,095 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at Stony Brook
$78,019 · 5 yrs out
SUNY Old Westbury
$75,410 · 5 yrs out
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$75,030 · 5 yrs out
Loyola University Chicago
$72,585 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at CUNY Queens College
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$106,654 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$101,982 · 5 yrs out
History (Master's)
$98,849 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Computer Science (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$96,689 · 5 yrs out
Physics (Bachelor's)
$91,987 · 5 yrs out
English Language and Literature/Letters (Master's)
$91,851 · 5 yrs out
Psychology (Master's)
$91,355 · 5 yrs out
Social Sciences (Master's)
$86,622 · 5 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)
$86,367 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$85,137 · 5 yrs out