Columbia-Greene Community College
About
Columbia–Greene Community College is a public community college in Hudson, New York. Founded in 1966, it is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and is locally sponsored by two rural counties, Columbia and Greene, which have a combined population of about 112,000. The college was originally in Athens, New York until its permanent relocation to the City of Hudson in 1974. It currently offers 32 associate degree programs and five undergraduate certificate programs. C-GCC is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and enrolls approximately 1,578 students as of Fall 2018.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 26 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 22 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing4 · 15.4%
- No Data22 · 84.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 3
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Mar 2021Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Apr 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 529 students received $2.2M in Pell grants, alongside $612K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 211 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at CCC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 1
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
CCC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CCC selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectColumbia-Greene Community College | 46% | — | 1,616 | $5,576 | Community College |
Bowling Green State University-Firelands | — | — | 2,097 | $17,791 | Community College |
Carl Sandburg College | — | — | 1,603 | $1,036 | Community College |
Clinton Community College | — | — | 1,067 | $9,385 | Community College |
Fulton-Montgomery Community College | — | — | 1,865 | $7,803 | Community College |
North Country Community College | — | — | 1,658 | $11,690 | Community College |
Sauk Valley Community College | — | — | 1,467 | $8,388 | Community College |
Sullivan County Community College | — | — | 1,527 | $9,263 | Community College |
SUNY Adirondack | — | — | 2,576 | $10,363 | Community College |
SUNY Corning Community College | — | — | 3,720 | $8,488 | Community College |
Ulster County Community College | — | — | 3,091 | $4,586 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 46% | — | 1,658 | $8,488 |
CCC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness promotes continuous improvement by providing user-friendly data and information to help support data-driven decision making, strategic and master planning, student success, enrollment management, grant development, academic and unit assessment, institutional accreditation, and more.
Visit IR office page- Racheal ChubbDirector
- Urooj Tabassum MohammadSenior Research Analyst
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planChange Matters: The Strategic Plan for 2022 - 20252022Columbia-Greene Community College has outlined a strategic plan titled 'Change Matters' to guide its initiatives from 2022 to 2025. The plan emphasizes adaptation and growth within the institution to align with educational and community needs. While detailed priorities and metrics are not explicitly listed, the plan is part of the college's ongoing commitment to serve its students and community effectively.columbiagreene.edu
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