10-yr median earnings
$78,493
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Albany, New York
Excelsior University
Excelsior University is a private nonprofit institution in Albany, New York. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $78,493
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Excelsior University posts top-5% former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 4%
- former-student earnings, US
- +23%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Midsize
Carnegie: Master's (L)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Excelsior University profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
B+
College Value Score
77/100
Excelsior University
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings A+
$78,493
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt D
$13,769
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment C+
65.1%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Excelsior University vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Excelsior University ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Excelsior University: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$78,493 Top 4% higher than 96% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Excelsior University | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $78,493 | #212 of 5103 | 96th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 11,550 | #289 of 5462 | 95th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
11,550
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
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150%-time completion
$78,493
10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Excelsior University ranks in New York
State rank among 299 reporting New York colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Excelsior University | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $78,493 | #34 of 299 | 89th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 11,550 | #17 of 367 | 95th |
Highest former-student earnings in New York
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | $131,426 | $29,882 |
| 2 | Helene Fuld College of Nursing | $111,027 | $47,181 |
| 3 | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University | $109,601 | - |
| 4 | Center for Allied Health Education | $107,249 | $48,150 |
| 5 | Miami Ad School-New York | $106,192 | - |
| 6 | St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens | $104,403 | $26,315 |
| 7 | Cornell University | $104,043 | $28,690 |
| 8 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University | $104,043 | - |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | $102,491 | $21,590 |
| 10 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $102,051 | $36,228 |
| 11 | Cochran School of Nursing | $99,503 | - |
| 12 | Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing | $96,980 | - |
| 34 | Excelsior UniversityThis school | $78,493 | - |
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
67.0%
Female
47.7%
First Generation
Outcomes
$63,796
Median Earnings (6yr)
81.7%
Earning Over $25K
65.1%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $63,796 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $78,493 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 81.7% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 65.1% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $13,769 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $146/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 15 | 2,210 | $83,710 | $119,783 | $15,678 |
| Master's | 9 | 471 | $104,139 | $144,427 | $28,308 |
| Associate's | 7 | 1,221 | $73,191 | $99,753 | $11,177 |
Top programs at Excelsior University by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Security Science and Techn…
Security Science and Technology
$144,427 median earnings
- Computer/Information Techn…
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
$135,961 median earnings
- Nuclear Engineering Techno…
Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician
$119,783 median earnings
- Registered Nursing, Nursin…
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$118,099 median earnings
- Energy Systems Technologie…
Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians
$116,151 median earnings
- Registered Nursing, Nursin…
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$102,010 median earnings
- Science Technologies/Techn…
Science Technologies/Technicians, General
$100,209 median earnings
- Electrical/Electronic Engi…
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
$99,786 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Excelsior University? ▼
Excelsior University is a private nonprofit institution in Albany, New York. Undergraduate enrollment is 11,550 students.
How much do Excelsior University former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Excelsior University who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $78,493 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $63,796.
Is Excelsior University worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Excelsior University is $13,769, while former students earn a median of $78,493 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 18% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 65.1% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $146.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.