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Schenectady County Community College

Schenectady, New York·Public, 2-year·Mid East·sunysccc.edu
6-yr Graduation
32%
—
Total enrollment
3,490
peer median 3,490
Avg net price
$5,298
-$2.0k vs Community College
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About

SUNY Schenectady is a public community college in Schenectady, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It was established in 1967 in the Van Curler Hotel in Downtown Schenectady and has undergone multiple expansions through the following decades.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
32%
Full-time retention
51%

Pell equity

6.0pp gap
Pell recipients
29%
Non-Pell
23%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 39 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 35 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
39
Passing
4
10.3% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

39programs
  • Passing4 · 10.3%
  • No Data35 · 89.7%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
3
No data
35

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.

4
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+14.1%
$39,187 vs $34,350
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+35.8%
$46,662 vs $34,350
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+40.0%
$48,073 vs $34,350
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+61.7%
$55,533 vs $34,350

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

2
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
26%
$12,375 debt · $48,073 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
24%
$11,000 debt · $46,662 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1974Next review Nov 2019

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 3

  1. Jun 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  2. Apr 2018Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  3. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$3,091
$30–48k$5,310
$48–75k$8,474
$75–110k$10,837
$110k+$12,354

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$5,298
-$1,980vs Community College median $7,278
Federal loans
8.7%
In-state tuition
$5,924
Out-of-state
$8,636

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,238 students received $5.2M in Pell grants, alongside $2.6M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,238
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.2M
$5,184,974 total
Direct Loans
$2.6M
709 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.0M
348 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.3M
337 loan awards
Parent PLUS$280K
24 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 845 borrowers who entered repayment, 44 (5.2%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
5.2%
+2.9pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
845
Defaulted
44
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
19.0%
2017
19.9%
2018
13.3%
2019
5.2%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Sunysccc

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs47
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

255 total completions
01Liberal Arts
7429.0%
02Business
4919.2%
03Computer Sciences
3212.5%
04Personal/Culinary
239.0%
05Visual/Performing Arts
176.7%
06Security/Protective
166.3%
07Public Admin
166.3%
08Family/Consumer Sci
135.1%
09Transportation
93.5%
10Legal Professions
62.4%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
3,490
12-mo unduplicated
5,054
Undergraduate
5,054
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
45%2,280
Women
55%2,774

Race / ethnicity composition

White
52.3%
Black
20.2%
Asian
11.4%
Two or more
7.8%
Hispanic
4.7%
Unknown
2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
6
6 M · 0 W
Women athletes
0.0%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$52K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
—
Recruiting expense
$0
—
Head-coach salaries
$7K
—
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 1

Bowling
6 M · —
$33K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 3,657 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    15.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    37

    Sunysccc vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Sunysccc selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    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
    SubjectSchenectady County Community College
    		32%—3,490$5,298Community College
    Cayuga County Community College
    		——3,580$7,278Community College
    Fulton-Montgomery Community College
    		——1,865$7,803Community College
    Hudson Valley Community College
    		——9,227$7,118Community College
    Mohawk Valley Community College
    		——5,940$8,404Community College
    SUNY Adirondack
    		——2,576$10,363Community College
    Ulster County Community College
    		——3,091$4,586Community College
    Peer group median32%—3,490$7,278

    Sunysccc Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Team
    1 member
    • Dale Miller
      Director of Institutional Research

    Reports & documents (2)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Grants & funding (1)

    Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

    USA Spending

    Frequently asked questions about Schenectady County Community College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Sunysccc.

    What is the graduation rate at Schenectady County Community College?

    Schenectady County Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 32% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Schenectady County Community College?

    Schenectady County Community College reports a total enrollment of 3,490 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Schenectady County Community College?

    The average net price at Schenectady County Community College is $5,298 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Schenectady County Community College located?

    Schenectady County Community College is located in Schenectady, New York 12305.

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