Az shows you what your award letter actually means — what you'll owe monthly, what you'll earn, and whether you can afford it. Free, inside ChatGPT or Claude.
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College Azimuth is a college affordability research project. We publish data-driven analysis on the financial risk of college decisions — covering ~6,000 institutions, every major, and 372 metro areas. Az is our free AI tool that puts that research in your hands.
Az — College Financial Risk Analyzer
Real conversation, real federal data
Same school, same tuition — very different financial picture.
Nursing grads earn about $25K more at the 2-year mark, with the same debt load. That's why the burden flips — 5.1% vs 9.3%.
Psychology isn't Red Zone territory, but it's Blue — meaning the math is tighter, and it's heavily dependent on whether you pursue grad school.
What do you want to dig into — the career path for either major, or the Parent PLUS side?
Strong demand, above-average pay.
Washington pays nursing grads well above the national median — and even after adjusting for cost of living, you're still coming out about 10% ahead.
This isn't a “hope it works out” major. It's a credentialed profession with defined labor demand. The floor is high.
Let's break this down. NYU business graduates carry significant total family debt:
The risk zone depends entirely on who's paying it back.
If your parents' income is strong and stable, the family can absorb it. But if that debt shifts to the student — which happens more than people plan for — the picture changes fast.
At typical earnings ($115K), it's manageable but tight. If earnings come in on the lower end ($46K), it's a crisis.
The question isn't whether NYU business is a good program. It's whether your family's financial situation makes the PLUS debt safe to carry.
Want to compare other schools where business might be safer? Or stress-test a different scenario?
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