Is CUNY Medgar Evers College Worth It?

Medgar Evers College is cheap to attend, and that low cost is what makes the numbers work. Your median debt at graduation sits under $11,000, and the net price stays below $6,000 a year even before you factor in where your family income lands. For a New York City public college, that is a low bar to clear, and it changes how you should read everything else.

Your major decides almost everything here. Nursing graduates out-earn every other program by a wide margin, pulling in roughly $89,000 ten years out, which is nearly double what business/commerce or biology grads make. Accounting is the clear second tier and still lands you above the school's median. Biology and general business/commerce sit at the bottom, close to $36,000, and at those numbers your degree barely moves you past what the low cost bought you. If you enroll here, aim for nursing or accounting, because the general business and biology paychecks do not justify four years even at this price.

The real risk is not debt, it is finishing. Only about half of you come back for a second year, and fewer than one in four graduate. A cheap degree only pays off if you actually earn it, and those odds mean many of you will pay for time here and leave without the credential.

The net price stays flat and low for families under $48,000 a year, then jumps sharply once you cross into the higher income bands, roughly doubling by the time you pass $110,000. This school is a strong financial bet if you come from a lower-income household, plan to major in nursing or accounting, and are confident you will finish. If you are drawn to biology or general business, or worried about staying enrolled, look harder elsewhere.