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SUNY College at Potsdam Career Outcomes & Earnings

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How much do SUNY College at Potsdam graduates earn?

The reported median is $49,169 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $53,116 as its benchmark; the difference is -$3,947 per year.

The return at SUNY College at Potsdam is the weakest of the four, at the 13th percentile. Four years after completion, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $49,169, at the 16th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

That is $3,947 below the $53,116 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $11,532 less than expects for similar students.

That places the gap at the 16th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures subtracts $433. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $11,099.

Program mix leaves a wide modeled range around the typical earnings picture at SUNY College at Potsdam. The downside earnings scenario is $38,375, and the upside scenario is $63,029; both are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups.

Among the higher-earning fields, median earnings four years after completion are $57,949 in Subject-Area Teacher Education, $57,066 in Business Administration and Management, and $53,834 in Teacher Education. Those field results sit toward the upper end of the modeled range.

An estimated 30.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so people continuing their education are outside that earnings measure.

Median earnings · four years after completion
$49,169
Rank for difference from expectations
16th percentile
Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks
SUNY College at Potsdam reported median
$49,169
Peer schools comparable schools · $3,947 above SUNY College at Potsdam
$53,116
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $11,532 above SUNY College at Potsdam
$60,701

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?

The planning scenarios range from $38,375 to $63,029, around the reported median of $49,169. Compare the lower scenario with SUNY College at Potsdam borrowing and monthly payments to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion
Planning rangeReported median
Lower estimate
$38,375
Median · reported
$49,169
Higher estimate
$63,029

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 College at Potsdam 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 College at Potsdam graduates’ reported earnings are $11,532 below that expectation, the 16th 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 College at Potsdam caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
-$433
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$11,099
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
-$11,532

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Which fields at SUNY College at Potsdam report the highest earnings?

At SUNY College at Potsdam, Education accounts for 25.0% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with several of its largest fields among the higher-earning programs. Subject-Area Teacher Education had median earnings of $57,949 four years after completion and 106 degrees awarded in one academic year.

Business Administration and Management recorded $57,066 and 61 degrees awarded. Teacher Education posted $53,834 with 58 degrees awarded.

At a more moderate level, Music showed $36,677 and 46 degrees awarded. The contrast between the education and business fields and music shows that four-year earnings vary materially by field.

Education accounts for 25.0% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, placing teacher-focused study at the center of the program mix. Published earnings data cover 16 fields.

Subject-Area Teacher Education awarded 106 degrees and had median earnings of $57,949 four years after completion. Business Administration and Management awarded 61 degrees and had median earnings of $57,066 four years after completion.

Teacher Education awarded 58 degrees and had median earnings of $53,834 four years after completion. Psychology awarded 57 degrees, with median earnings of $48,601 four years after completion.

Music awarded 46 degrees and had median earnings of $36,677 four years after completion. The largest fields span markedly different earnings figures.

Highest reported four-year program earnings
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
$57,949
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$57,066
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
$53,834
Criminal Justice and Corrections
$53,597
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
$52,583
Sociology
$51,086
Biology, General
$49,725
English Language and Literature, General
$48,920

Explore SUNY College at Potsdam program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix put the downside at $38,375, the typical outcome at $49,169, and the upside at $63,029. Subject-Area Teacher Education reaches $57,949 four years after completion, whereas Music, the lowest-earning large program, is at $36,677. The spread shows that field choice matters substantially to the modeled range.

The earnings picture at SUNY College at Potsdam is modest: federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $49,169 four years after completion. Azimuth places that measure in the 16th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, from an earnings cohort of 723 completers.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is negative here. Graduates earn about $11,532 less than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings scenarios based on the program mix put downside earnings at $38,375, typical earnings at $49,169, and upside earnings at $63,029. An estimated 30.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The earnings percentile and the model comparison point in the same direction.

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.