Is SUNY Brockport Worth It?

SUNY Brockport lands in solid middle ground financially. You pay a net price under $16,000 a year, carry median debt of $20,000, and earn around $54,500 a decade after starting. That debt-to-earnings ratio is reasonable, and the debt load stays low enough that most graduates can pay it back without strain.

Your major decides everything here. Nursing is the clear winner: graduates earn over $63,000 while borrowing less than $16,500, so you leave with strong pay and below-average debt. Health and Medical Administrative Services follows close behind. Computer and Information Sciences clears $50,000 but comes with the heaviest debt of the listed programs. Mathematics and Marketing sit at the bottom near $41,000 to $42,600, which barely beats the school's own median and won't justify borrowing much. If those fields are your plan, the return gets thin fast.

The main risk is the 56.6% graduation rate and 73% retention. Roughly one in four students doesn't return after freshman year, and if you borrow but don't finish, you get the debt without the degree that pays it off. That is the biggest financial danger at Brockport.

The net price tiers reward lower-income families. If your family earns under $30,000, you pay about $10,100 a year. over $110,000 pushes it to $21,400. The gap means aid meaningfully lowers cost for families below the median, while high earners pay close to double.

Brockport fits you well if you're heading into nursing or health administration, especially from a lower- or middle-income household. Look elsewhere if you want to major in marketing or math and would need heavy loans, since those salaries don't support much debt.