Western Suffolk BOCES
About
Western Suffolk BOCES is an educational institution located in Suffolk County, New York. It offers a variety of career and technical education (CTE) programs for both high school and adult students, focusing on areas such as automotive technology, culinary arts, and health careers.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-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 4 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data4 · 100.0%
- 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.
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.
Council on Occupational Education
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 6
- Dec 2024Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Sep 2024Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2022Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Aug 2021Initial AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 101 students received $660K in Pell grants, alongside $961K 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 108 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (5.5%) 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 Western Suffolk BOCES
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
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.
Western Suffolk BOCES vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Western Suffolk BOCES 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWestern Suffolk BOCES | 84% | — | 286 | — | — |
Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program | — | — | 187 | $19,798 | — |
Apollo Career Center | — | — | 646 | — | — |
Buckeye Hills Career Center | — | — | 122 | $12,374 | — |
Cape Coral Technical College | — | — | 297 | — | — |
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center | — | — | 159 | $20,019 | — |
Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County | — | — | 237 | — | — |
Clovis Adult Education | — | — | 238 | — | — |
Collins Career Technical Center | — | — | 454 | $7,995 | — |
Eastern Suffolk BOCES | — | 78.9% | 310 | $23,478 | — |
EHOVE Career Center | — | — | 398 | — | — |
Florida Panhandle Technical College | — | — | 157 | $9,063 | — |
Great Plains Technology Center | — | — | 314 | $9,557 | — |
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center | — | — | 220 | $13,906 | — |
Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center | — | — | 105 | $14,724 | — |
Immokalee Technical College | — | — | 615 | -$120 | — |
Ocean County Vocational-Technical School | — | — | 497 | $10,226 | — |
Orange Technical College | — | — | 166 | $7,826 | — |
Riveroak Technical College | — | — | 250 | $8,836 | — |
South Dade Technical College-South Dade Skills Center Campus | — | — | 196 | $3,288 | — |
Southern Oklahoma Technology Center | — | — | 679 | $4,777 | — |
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman | — | — | 729 | $10,129 | — |
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll | — | — | 278 | $6,503 | — |
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro | — | — | 455 | $5,661 | — |
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski | — | — | 742 | $9,666 | — |
Traviss Technical College | — | — | 741 | — | — |
Tri-Rivers Career Center | — | — | 151 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 84% | 78.9% | 286 | $9,557 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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