SUNY Oswego Career Outcomes: $60K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do SUNY Oswego graduates earn?

The reported median is $59,955 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is $2,654 per year.

State University of New York at Oswego's strongest is mobility, not return. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 36th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $5,000 less than expects for similar students, a result in the 37th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,559.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,559. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $656.

Four years after completion, completers earn a median of $59,955, in the 51st percentile nationally. That figure is above the peer median of $57,301 among comparable institutions (same type and size), a gap of $2,654.

The median sits above the peer benchmark while the model expects more, so the two return signals point in opposite directions.

The earnings scenarios at State University of New York at Oswego span from a downside of $43,103 to an upside of $70,125 four years after completion. That range reflects the variation across the university's 27 programs with published earnings data.

The highest-earning fields show the upper end of that spread. Economics completers earn a median of $87,667, while Information Science/Studies graduates reach $74,812 and Finance completers earn $72,784.

The large Business Administration and Management program, which awards 199 degrees, sits at $66,048—above the school median but below the national median for the field.

An estimated 27.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the university's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings figures capture only those working and not enrolled, the median earnings understate the eventual earnings of the sizable share of completers who pursue advanced degrees.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $59,955
Rank for difference from expectations: 37th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

SUNY Oswego reported median: $59,955
Peer schools comparable schools · $2,654 below SUNY Oswego: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,000 above SUNY Oswego: $64,955

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $43,103
Median · reported: $59,955
Higher estimate: $70,125

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do SUNY Oswego graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

SUNY Oswego graduates’ reported earnings are $5,000 below that expectation, the 37th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending SUNY Oswego caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at SUNY Oswego report the highest earnings?

The university's largest programs span a wide earnings range, from Business Administration and Management at $66,048 to Radio, Television, and Digital Communication at $48,489 four years after completion. Business Administration and Management awarded 199 degrees and holds an Azimuth national rank of #172 within its field, while Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, with 124 degrees awarded, ranks #26 nationally and #4 in New York.

The highest-earning program, Economics, reaches a median of $87,667, though it awarded only 7 degrees. Finance follows at $72,784 with 52 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national rank of #134 in its field.

Accounting comes next at $70,218 on 49 degrees awarded. The spread between the highest-earning program and the largest programs is wide, with Economics well above the university's median and several large fields sitting closer to it.

State University of New York at Oswego publishes earnings data for 27 bachelor's programs, 19 of which hold an Azimuth national rank. The largest, Business Administration and Management, awarded 199 degrees and shows a median of $66,048 four years after completion, ranking #172 nationally.

Several programs carry strong national ranks. Zoology/Animal Biology ranks #20 nationally and #1 in New York, with 54 degrees awarded and a median of $40,755.

Subject-Area Teacher Education ranks #23 nationally, awarding 100 degrees and showing a median of $59,412. Radio, Television, and Digital Communication ranks #26 nationally and #4 in New York, with 124 degrees awarded.

Its median is $48,489. The highest-earning program, Economics, shows a median of $87,667 though it awarded only 7 degrees.

Further analysis

Earnings vary widely by field at State University of New York at Oswego. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix show a downside of $43,103, a typical outcome of $59,955, and an upside of $70,125.

Among the largest programs, Business Administration and Management reaches $66,048 at the high end, while Radio, Television, and Digital Communication sits at $48,489 at the lower end, a spread that reflects the range across fields.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of State University of New York at Oswego who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $59,955. That figure is based on a cohort of 2,305 completers and sits at the 51st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $5,000 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the university's program mix, put the typical outcome at $59,955, with a downside of $43,103 and an upside of $70,125.

An estimated 27.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.