Tompkins Cortland Community College
About
Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) is a public community college in Dryden, New York. It is supported by Cortland and Tompkins Counties and has extension sites that are located in Ithaca and Cortland. It is part of the State University of New York system.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 7.0-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 44 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 42 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 4.5%
- No Data42 · 95.5%
- 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 · 2
- Sep 2019Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Nov 2018Renewal of AccreditationMiddle 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, 1,009 students received $4.9M in Pell grants, alongside $4.9M 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 934 borrowers who entered repayment, 69 (7.3%) defaulted within three years — above 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 TCCC
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 · 7
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 campus3
Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
TCCC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions TCCC 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectTompkins Cortland Community College | 26% | — | 4,958 | $12,851 | Community College |
Carroll Community College | — | — | 3,337 | $3,917 | Community College |
Cayuga County Community College | — | — | 3,580 | $7,278 | Community College |
Clinton Community College | — | — | 1,067 | $9,385 | Community College |
Columbia-Greene Community College | — | — | 1,616 | $5,576 | Community College |
CUNY Hostos Community College | — | — | 5,478 | $5,001 | Community College |
Dutchess Community College | — | — | 6,606 | $8,433 | Community College |
Finger Lakes Community College | — | — | 6,004 | $14,186 | Community College |
Fulton-Montgomery Community College | — | — | 1,865 | $7,803 | Community College |
Genesee Community College | — | — | 4,240 | $7,989 | Community College |
Herkimer County Community College | — | — | 1,971 | $10,530 | Community College |
Jamestown Community College | — | — | 4,054 | $9,507 | Community College |
Jefferson Community College | — | — | 2,319 | $11,012 | Community College |
Mohawk Valley Community College | — | — | 5,940 | $8,404 | Community College |
Niagara County Community College | — | — | 4,547 | $7,222 | Community College |
North Country Community College | — | — | 1,658 | $11,690 | Community College |
Orange County Community College | — | — | 5,704 | $7,442 | Community College |
Rockland Community College | — | — | 5,364 | $8,508 | Community College |
Schenectady County Community College | — | — | 3,490 | $5,298 | Community College |
Sullivan County Community College | — | — | 1,527 | $9,263 | Community College |
SUNY Adirondack | — | — | 2,576 | $10,363 | Community College |
SUNY Broome Community College | — | — | 5,327 | $8,035 | Community College |
SUNY Corning Community College | — | — | 3,720 | $8,488 | Community College |
Sussex County Community College | — | — | 2,247 | $7,054 | Community College |
Ulster County Community College | — | — | 3,091 | $4,586 | Community College |
Warren County Community College | — | — | 944 | $3,550 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 26% | — | 3,535 | $8,220 |
TCCC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness supports the mission, vision, and values of the college by providing accurate, timely, and meaningful data to inform planning, decision-making, and continuous improvement.
Visit IR office page- Malvika TalwarVice President, Institutional Effectiveness
Common Data Set (1)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardtompkinscortland.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planStrategic Plan 2025-2028: Sustaining a Vibrant Future2024Tompkins Cortland Community College's Strategic Plan for 2025-2028, titled 'Sustaining a Vibrant Future,' focuses on accountability, innovation, career development, and fostering a sense of identity and belonging. It aims to enhance infrastructure sustainably, increase transparency, and align academic programs with regional economic needs. The plan uses the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals as a guiding framework to ensure inclusive growth and track progress through comprehensive community engagement.tompkinscortland.edu
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