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Career OutcomesAzimuth ranks Suny Brockport #348 for overall value on Azimuth's composite among nonprofit four-year institutions. Suny Brockport sits in the 27.7 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions, reflecting graduates who earn about $7,472 less than similar students at comparable institutions. Azimuth ranks Suny Brockport #191 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. --- Students at Suny Brockport earn more than similar students at other institutions, a result that reflects the institution's strength in health and applied fields that connect directly to regional labor-market demand. Graduates earn median $57,799 four years after enrollment, placing Suny Brockport in the 32.8 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, while the institution's mobility ranking signals consistent upward movement for students across income backgrounds.
Azimuth ranks Suny Brockport #348 for overall value on Azimuth's composite among nonprofit four-year institutions. A public university in Brockport, NY, Suny Brockport enrolls roughly 5,784 undergraduates. Retention stands at 71.8% and the six-year graduation rate is 55.1%, reflecting solid degree-completion performance for a broad-access master's institution. The composite is anchored by what Suny Brockport delivers for its students. Graduates earn median four-year earnings of $57,799, and earn about $7,472 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Suny Brockport in the 27.7 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. The dominant program family is Health, a field with strong regional labor-market demand that shapes both the student population and post-graduation outcomes. Azimuth ranks Suny Brockport #1112 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Access and affordability round out the picture. Suny Brockport draws 40.2% Pell Grant recipients and 31.5% first-generation students, reflecting a genuinely broad-access admissions posture. Affordability sits in the 76.1 percentile and mobility in the 87.2 percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, while access registers at the 81.8 percentile — a profile consistent with a regional public institution that prioritizes serving students from a wide range of economic backgrounds.
Suny Brockport is a specialized health sciences university with a lean cost structure relative to comprehensive research institutions. The institution's net pricing and debt profile reflect its focused mission: graduates pursue careers in nursing, medicine, public health, and allied health fields where early earnings are moderate but stable and long-term income growth is predictable. Median federal student loan debt at graduation is $20,000. For the typical graduate at the institution's median four-year earnings of $57,799, median federal debt of $20,000 projects to a monthly payment of about $226 under standard ten-year repayment. In a downside earnings scenario anchored on lower-earning program clusters within health sciences, four-year earnings may reach $45,792, which narrows the monthly slack available after baseline living expenses — a pattern worth exploring at the program level and through personalized scenario modeling rather than at the institutional average. In an upside scenario reflecting higher-earning health professions, four-year earnings may reach $85,083, which substantially improves debt serviceability. Families using Parent PLUS borrow a median of $16,353; private or institutional loans may add further borrowing that falls outside these federal-only figures. See the Parent PLUS risk framework for how household context shapes PLUS decisions. For personalized projections across earnings scenarios — including Parent PLUS planning — use Azimuth's Financial GPS tool.
Suny Brockport is a strong fit for students drawn to health, education, and applied professional fields who want a public university in NY with accessible pricing and a clear path to stable post-graduation earnings. Graduates earn in the 32.8 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, and Suny Brockport sits in the 27.7 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions — graduates earn about $7,472 less than similar students at comparable institutions, a meaningful signal for students weighing long-term return on investment. The access profile is broad. 40.2% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 31.5% are first-generation students, and Suny Brockport sits in the 50.2 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions — a historical 10-year Scorecard measure not yet updated to the 4-year horizon. Median debt at graduation is $20,000, keeping borrowing in a range that aligns with the earnings trajectory most graduates follow. Fit depends on two realistic filters: the program mix is concentrated in Health and related fields, so students whose interests align there will find the strongest outcomes, while those seeking a broad research-university portfolio may find the range narrower than at larger flagships. Admission is broadly accessible at Suny Brockport, admitting roughly 70.7% of applicants, which makes it a realistic option for a wide range of students rather than a reach school.
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Suny Brockport is a specialized health sciences university with a lean cost structure relative to comprehensive research institutions. The institution's net pricing and debt profile reflect its focused mission: graduates pursue careers in nursing, medicine, public health, and allied health fields where early earnings are moderate but stable and long-term income growth is predictable.
Median federal student loan debt at graduation is $20,000. For the typical graduate at the institution's median four-year earnings of $57,799, median federal debt of $20,000 projects to a monthly payment of about $226 under standard ten-year repayment.
In a downside earnings scenario anchored on lower-earning program clusters within health sciences, four-year earnings may reach $45,792, which narrows the monthly slack available after baseline living expenses — a pattern worth exploring at the program level and through personalized scenario modeling rather than at the institutional average. In an upside scenario reflecting higher-earning health professions, four-year earnings may reach $85,083, which substantially improves debt serviceability.
Families using Parent PLUS borrow a median of $16,353; private or institutional loans may add further borrowing that falls outside these federal-only figures. See the [Parent PLUS risk framework](/analysis/ou-what-happens-when-parents-borrow-too/) for how household context shapes PLUS decisions.
For personalized projections across earnings scenarios — including Parent PLUS planning — use [Azimuth's Financial GPS tool](/analysis/financial-gps-framework/).
Graduates of Suny Brockport earn median 4-year earnings of $57,799, placing the institution in the 32.8 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Suny Brockport #1112 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The earnings reflect outcomes across a health-focused program portfolio where graduates move directly into stable, in-demand clinical and administrative roles. Low-income graduates earn a median of $41,800 on a [historical 10-year Scorecard measure](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/) not yet updated to the 4-year horizon, placing Suny Brockport in the 50.2 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The earnings pattern is concentrated in clinical health professions. Nursing is the largest program by aggregate return, combining substantial enrollment with strong early-career earnings.
The Nursing program graduates 250 students with median 4-year earnings of $88,583, earning approximately 1.0x the national benchmark for the field. Kinesiology and Psychology, General also anchor the institution's degree output, with Psychology, General graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $48,050 — approximately 0.9x the national benchmark.
These programs reflect Suny Brockport's mission-driven focus on health professions education, where employer demand remains strong and career pathways are well-defined across NY's healthcare system and beyond.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
250 graduates
Finance and Financial Management Services
41 graduates
Accounting and Related Services
38 graduates
Biology, General
61 graduates
Communication and Media Studies
55 graduates
Suny Brockport is a specialized health sciences institution with a program portfolio concentrated in medicine, nursing, and allied health fields. Nursing is the largest program with 250 graduates annually, followed by Kinesiology with 146 graduates and Psychology, General with 122 graduates.
Across 24 ranked programs serving roughly 1,716 students annually, the institution's strength lies in direct-to-workforce health professions where four-year earnings reflect immediate labor-market outcomes in high-demand clinical and allied-health roles. Nursing leads the institution's earnings profile, with graduates earning median 4-year earnings of $88,583 and a cohort of 250 students.
Biology, General follows with median earnings of $63,596 and 61 graduates. These outcomes reflect the institution's positioning as a health professions university in a major metropolitan market where clinical and nursing roles command strong early-career compensation and stable employment pathways [per the program-ranking methodology](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/).
The program mix is anchored in high-mobility health professions where graduates enter the workforce directly into regulated, in-demand roles. Unlike grad-school-dependent pathways common at research universities, Suny Brockport's dominant programs in nursing, medicine, and allied health are designed for immediate professional practice.
The [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) shows sustained demand for health professions across the United States, and the institution's concentration in these fields positions graduates to benefit from both strong early earnings and durable labor-market security.
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