Student Tribune
Chancellor Johnson Unveils New SUNY Graduate Wages Dashboard
SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson announced the launch of a new publicly
available online interactive dashboard that provides wage information based on
SUNY graduate data, one to 10 years after graduation. SUNY gradwages is part of
the 64-campus system's ongoing efforts to develop, refine, and promote
informative and user-friendly data tools, which is in alignment with SUNY's
overarching commitment to accountability and transparency.
"We are pleased to gather this data into an easy-to-use tool that will help
both prospective and current students make informed choices about their majors
and career paths," said SUNY Chancellor Johnson. "Students choose their degree
major based on any number of variables, and some may not consider their
earnings potential. For those who do, SUNY gradwages gives students
and their parents an expectation of what they can earn years after college,
which can then help guide them towards decisions that best suit their personal
and financial circumstances."
SUNY gradwages combines academic data from SUNY with wage data from
the NYS Department of Labor to show median wages in specific degree programs.
The dashboard shows wages one, two, three, five, and ten years post-graduation.
In addition to searching by area of study, users can choose to look at a
particular sector of the SUNY system and/or a specific campus. Users can also
filter the data by degree type at both the undergraduate and graduate level and
choose whether or not to include degree recipients who are continuing their
education.
The dashboard features longstanding degree programs at SUNY campuses. New
programs will be added as SUNY collects additional data. To learn more about
SUNY gradwages, visit the FAQs.
SUNY gradwages is the latest tool that SUNY offers to help students
make informed decisions about their higher education and career path. SUNY also
provides Smart Track(r), an
online tool designed to improve financial literacy among prospective and
current students. Smart Track(r) offers courses on everything from budgeting to
borrowing to managing credit, encourages smart financial planning, and provides
assistance in navigating the financial aid process. It also offers calculators
so students can determine expenses and loan costs, and gather information about
applying to college and paying back loans.
About The State University of New York
The State
University of New York is the largest comprehensive system of higher education
in the United States, with 64 college and university campuses located within 30
miles of every home, school, and business in the state. As of Fall 2018, more
than 424,000 students were enrolled in a degree program at a SUNY campus. In
total, SUNY served 1.4 million students in credit-bearing courses and programs,
continuing education, and community outreach programs in the 2017-18 academic
year. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Its
students and faculty make significant contributions to research and discovery,
contributing to a $1.6 billion research portfolio. There are 3 million SUNY
alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY
alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunity, visit www.suny.edu.
Yule, Rosanna
Government and Community Relations
10/17/2019