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Community college · Public

Dutchess Community College

Poughkeepsie, NY939 online only

Dutchess Community College is a public community college in Poughkeepsie, NY, with about 5,448 students on campus.

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Students on campus
5,448
plus 939 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$10,065
tuition and fees $5,670; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
30%
lower than at 91% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$43,929
higher than at 58% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Dutchess Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Dutchess Community College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $17,159 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $10,670

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,670Room & board $13,786Books & supplies $1,450

After grants, the average family on aid pays $10,065.

Tuition and fees are $5,670 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$11,586

About $23,172 over 2 years · 32% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
30%
within 3 years · Pell students 25%
Come back for year two
61%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$43,929
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,039
about $106 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.7%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$106 a month against about $2,841 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

43%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 45% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$40k
Middle income$30–75k
$47k
Higher incomeover $75k
$51k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 32%Business 17%Health professions 9%Public administration & social work 7%Mechanic & repair 7%Public safety 5%Everything else 23%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities291 graduates a year · typical debt $9,779
$41k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations107 graduates a year · typical debt $7,599
$48k4 yrs out
Human Services, General50 graduates a year · typical debt $12,000
$42k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections38 graduates a year · typical debt $11,000
$53k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing35 graduates a year · typical debt $13,000
$106k4 yrs out
Communication and Media Studies30 graduates a year · typical debt $8,937
$30k4 yrs out
Visual and Performing Arts, General26 graduates a year · typical debt $6,500
$32k4 yrs out
Computer Science22 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

3,824 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 41%Hispanic 29%Black 16%Asian 3%Two or more 5%International 2%

Women and men

Women 54%Men 46%
20 : 1
students per teacher
22%
get Pell grants (lower income)
13%
take federal loans
15%
undergrads 25 or older
35%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Poughkeepsie

18% of Poughkeepsie’s 45,986 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Poughkeepsie pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Dutchess Community College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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9.2 mi7,050 students
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14.5 mi2,717 students
Mount Saint Mary CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Newburgh
15.6 mi2,190 students
Bard CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Red Hook
20.5 mi2,818 students
United States Military AcademyUniversity or college · Public · Highlands
23.3 mi4,508 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.