About
Hudson Valley Community College is a public community college in Troy, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). Although about eighty percent of the students are from the Capital District, the remainder are from other parts of New York, other states and from some 30 countries around the world.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 68 Title IV programs, 21 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 46 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing21 · 30.9%
- No Data46 · 67.6%
- Failing1 · 1.5%
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 · 6
Action history · 12
- Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Feb 2025Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jul 2022Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Mar 2022Initial AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
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, 3,491 students received $16.6M in Pell grants, alongside $12.2M 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 1,977 borrowers who entered repayment, 30 (1.5%) 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 HVCC
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 · 11
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
- On campus2
- Public property3
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.
HVCC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions HVCC 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectHudson Valley Community College | 35% | — | 9,227 | $7,118 | Community College |
American River College | — | — | 30,462 | $4,628 | Community College |
Anne Arundel Community College | — | — | 11,481 | $15,929 | Community College |
Century College | — | — | 8,726 | $10,037 | Community College |
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | — | — | 9,303 | $3,729 | Community College |
Cosumnes River College | — | — | 15,744 | $4,648 | Community College |
Davidson-Davie Community College | — | — | 4,305 | $7,258 | Community College |
De Anza College | — | — | 17,425 | $4,667 | Community College |
Erie Community College | — | — | 8,090 | $6,358 | Community College |
Fayetteville Technical Community College | — | — | 11,755 | $3,723 | Community College |
Fresno City College | — | — | 28,071 | $1,699 | Community College |
Iowa Central Community College | — | — | 4,949 | $9,601 | Community College |
John C Calhoun State Community College | — | — | 9,119 | $7,336 | Community College |
Johnston Community College | — | — | 5,371 | $3,946 | Community College |
Joliet Junior College | — | — | 14,414 | $5,741 | Community College |
Kilgore College | — | — | 7,198 | $6,629 | Community College |
Lehigh Carbon Community College | — | — | 6,221 | $9,568 | Community College |
Minneapolis Community and Technical College | — | — | 6,733 | $13,235 | Community College |
Montgomery County Community College | — | — | 9,278 | $9,930 | Community College |
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana | — | — | 7,200 | $4,621 | Community College |
Raritan Valley Community College | — | 98.6% | 6,762 | $6,613 | Community College |
Rochester Community and Technical College | — | — | 5,205 | $13,148 | Community College |
Saint Paul College | — | — | 5,198 | $12,040 | Community College |
San Jose City College | — | — | 8,609 | $16,658 | Community College |
Southern Maine Community College | — | — | 7,900 | $11,638 | Community College |
Tidewater Community College | — | — | 16,884 | $7,991 | Community College |
Trident Technical College | — | — | 13,552 | -$3,220 | Community College |
Victor Valley College | — | — | 8,423 | $3,228 | Community College |
Virginia Peninsula Community College | — | — | 6,410 | $6,468 | Community College |
Virginia Western Community College | — | — | 6,332 | $5,618 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 35% | 98.6% | 8,516 | $6,621 |
HVCC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Our mission is to provide and coordinate information and statistical data that support the planning and research activities of the college as a whole, as well as its individual departments. In addition, the Office of Institutional Research supports and assists the grant-seeking activities of faculty and staff that are consistent with the mission of the college.
Visit IR office page- Vaidehi AgasheDirector of Institutional Research
- Roman TarbayAssistant Director of Institutional Research
- Jeffrey W. O'neilResearch Analyst
- Andrew B. PeterResearch Analyst
Common Data Set (1)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of HVCC (4)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- John L. Buono
- Paul PriceAthletics
- John E. SweeneyPolitics
- Suzanne Elise Walsh
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