New York·Business and Financial Operations Occupations·SOC 13-2041

Best Credit Analyst programs in New York, ranked by enrollment

Analyze credit data and financial statements of individuals or firms to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money.

83 schools in New York run programs that feed this job, graduating 6,498 people a year. The job pays a median of $133,270 in New York across about 7,960 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledCredit AnalystCredit OfficerCredit AdministratorCredit RepresentativeFactorerCredit ManagerCredit NegotiatorCredit Specialist
Graduates / yr
6,498
in New York
Median pay · New York
$133,270
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
7,960
people employed
Schools
83
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
58%
across those schools
Median net price
$24,100
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New York that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in New York that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New York (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New York page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 52.0301In New York
4,092
63.0%
74$51,824$24,433
2
CIP 52.0801In New York
2,406
37.0%
48$53,572$23,672

Top 25 schools in New York

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 48 of the 83 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
1,524Finance, General$54,99172%48%
2Binghamton University
Vestal, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
348Accounting$74,15182%39%
3CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
258Accounting$42,86254%58%
4St. John's University - New York
Queens, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
239Finance, General$51,25966%$27,35983%
5CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
230Accounting$45,15853%64%
6Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
192Finance, General$72,81984%$28,85146%
7University at Albany
Albany, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
186Accounting$55,12461%69%
8New York University
New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
184Accounting88%$29,0239%
9University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
183Accounting$47,47475%74%
10Pace University
New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
178Finance, General$61,24660%$29,99476%
11Siena University
Loudonville, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
153Accounting$49,46375%$30,13869%
12Yeshiva University
New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
151Finance, General83%$39,69656%
13State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
135Accounting$51,24359%78%
14CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
120Accounting$43,72851%57%
15SUNY Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
116Accounting$52,09045%84%
16CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
105Accounting$54,61757%54%
17Excelsior University
Albany, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
104Accounting
18Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
104Finance, General$55,14369%$34,53968%
19State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
91Accounting$47,88472%62%
20Touro University
New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
87Accounting$59,82072%$27,11061%
21Fordham University
Bronx, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
85Accounting$76,47382%$38,93159%
22Canisius University
Buffalo, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
76Accounting$53,06566%$17,35372%
23St Bonaventure University
Saint Bonaventure, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
76Finance, General$51,24467%$23,35282%
24State University of New York at Oswego
Oswego, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
74Accounting$50,43960%81%
25SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY Public · 2 feeder programs
72Accounting$41,61055%81%

All 83 schools in New York

Every school in New York with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in New York that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew YorkPublic1,5242
Binghamton UniversityVestalPublic3482
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklynPublic2582
St. John's University - New YorkQueensPrivate not-for-profit2392
CUNY Queens CollegeQueensPublic2302
Syracuse UniversitySyracusePrivate not-for-profit1922
University at AlbanyAlbanyPublic1861
New York UniversityNew YorkPrivate not-for-profit1842
University at BuffaloBuffaloPublic1831
Pace UniversityNew YorkPrivate not-for-profit1782
Siena UniversityLoudonvillePrivate not-for-profit1532
Yeshiva UniversityNew YorkPrivate not-for-profit1512
State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburghPublic1352
CUNY Lehman CollegeBronxPublic1201
SUNY Old WestburyOld WestburyPublic1162

What credit analysts earn in New York

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in New York
$133,270
Mean annual
$150,390
Jobs in state
7,960
What the range looks like
10th pct$76,730Median$133,27090th pct$241,220
Versus the national median
+59.6%

U.S. median $83,510. New York pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.98×

Concentrated here: New York employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in New York

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
$136,500median
7,530 jobs
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
$99,640median
460 jobs
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
$85,060median
40 jobs
Rochester, NY
$96,390median
160 jobs
Syracuse, NY
$79,970median
70 jobs
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
avg
130 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-4.4%
Decline
Openings per year
3,700
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-3,000
67,800 → 64,800
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Credit Analysts page.

How to become a Credit Analyst

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

Critical ThinkingReading ComprehensionActive LearningSpeakingActive ListeningMathematics

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in New York

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 4 majors mapped to Credit Analysts4 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 52.0301Accounting
  • 52.0801Finance, General
  • 52.0809Credit Management
  • 52.0810Financial Risk Management

Common questions

Answers for people weighing credit analysts programs in New York.

What degree do you need to become a Credit Analyst?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Accounting, which awarded 4,092 degrees in New York in 2024-25, 63.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Credit Analyst?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Accounting and Related Services, Finance and Financial Management Services. Together they graduate about 6,498 people a year in New York.

How much do credit analysts earn in New York?+

The median is $133,270 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 59.6% above the U.S. median of $83,510. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for credit analysts growing?+

BLS projects a -4.4% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 3,700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New York?+

83 institutions in New York reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do credit analysts work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Credit Analyst, Credit Officer, Credit Administrator, Credit Representative among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 13-2041.

Programs in New YorkAccountingFinance, General

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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