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# SUNY Old Westbury Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated October 1, 2026

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## How much do SUNY Old Westbury graduates earn?

The reported median is $58,756 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is $1,455 per year.

For readers weighing returns, SUNY Old Westbury reports median earnings of $58,756 four years after completion, placing its earnings figure in the 46th percentile. Graduates earn about $1,939 more than the model expects for similar students.

[Earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/), the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 62nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $1,988.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $49. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301, with the university $1,455 above it. Above-expected earnings and the peer comparison point more favorably than the return percentile.

Computer and Information Sciences has median earnings of $94,236 four years after completion, above the upside scenario of $71,512. SUNY Old Westbury’s earnings scenarios extend down to $48,859, with $58,756 as the typical scenario; they are scenarios, not observed graduate groups.

Other named fields also differ: Finance shows $71,441 and Special Education and Teaching shows $62,389 four years after completion. The scenarios and program medians point to different earnings levels across fields.

The reported earnings exclude graduates who remain enrolled, which matters here: an estimated 34.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The four-year median therefore describes completers who are working rather than the full graduating class.

**Median earnings · four years after completion**
$58,756

**Rank for difference from expectations**
62nd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

**SUNY Old Westbury reported median**
$58,756

**Peer schools comparable schools · $1,455 below SUNY Old Westbury**
$57,301

**Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $1,939 below SUNY Old Westbury**
$56,817

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](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

## How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $48,859 to $71,512, around the reported median of $58,756. Compare the lower scenario with [SUNY Old Westbury borrowing and monthly payments](/school/suny-old-westbury/cost/) 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**
$48,859

**Median · reported**
$58,756

**Higher estimate**
$71,512

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](/analysis/median-roi-hides-a-harsh-reality/) explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. [Read about the move to four-year earnings](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/).

## Do SUNY Old Westbury 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](/methodology/#value-added).

SUNY Old Westbury graduates’ reported earnings are $1,939 above that expectation, the 62nd 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 Old Westbury caused a student to earn. [Read how expected earnings are estimated](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

What explains value-added earnings?

**Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.**
+$1,988

**Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.**
\-$49

**Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.**
+$1,939

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

## Which fields at SUNY Old Westbury report the highest earnings?

The highest-earning program at SUNY Old Westbury is not the largest. Computer and Information Sciences graduates earn a median of $94,236 four years after completion, from 29 degrees awarded a year.

[Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) it #85 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The largest program, Psychology, awards 117 degrees a year and posts median earnings of $53,013.

Azimuth ranks it #117 within its field. Accounting earns $70,351, ranks #133 nationally, and awards 83 degrees a year.

Finance earns $71,441, ranks #133 nationally, and awards 35 degrees a year. Communication and Media Studies rounds out the large programs at $47,095, from 69 degrees a year.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

**Computer and Information Sciences, General**
$94,236

**Finance and Financial Management Services**
$71,441

**Accounting and Related Services**
$70,351

**Special Education and Teaching**
$62,389

**Biology, General**
$60,351

**Business Administration, Management and Operations**
$59,309

**Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods**
$57,360

**English Language and Literature, General**
$53,652

[Explore SUNY Old Westbury program cohorts and field ranks](/school/suny-old-westbury/majors/#largest-cohorts) for more context.

## Further analysis

Program choice accounts for a wide modeled earnings range at the university rather than a single observed outcome. Grounded in the program mix, the downside earnings scenario is $48,859, the typical scenario is $58,756, and the upside scenario is $71,512.

Computer and Information Sciences reaches $94,236 four years after completion, while Communication and Media Studies, the lowest-earning large program, is at $47,095. The spread shows substantial variation by field.

SUNY Old Westbury posts a middle-of-the-pack earnings result, with median earnings of $58,756 four years after completion among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Azimuth places that measure in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 1,013 completers.

The figure describes a schoolwide midpoint, so individual fields can land well above or below it. The typical earnings scenario, based on the program mix, is $58,756.

An estimated 34.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. The typical scenario and the graduate-study estimate give useful context for a median that sits near the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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](/about/).