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Community college · Public

Schenectady County Community College

Schenectady, NY446 online only

Schenectady County Community College is a public community college in Schenectady, NY, with about 3,438 students on campus.

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Students on campus
3,438
plus 446 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$8,947
tuition and fees $6,190; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
32%
lower than at 88% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$40,902
higher than at 50% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Schenectady County Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $16,830 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,974

Tuition & fees (in state) $6,190Books & supplies $2,000Other costs $8,640

After grants, the average family on aid pays $8,947.

Tuition and fees are $6,190 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

$10,881

About $21,762 over 2 years · 35% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
32%
within 3 years · Pell students 29%
Come back for year two
51%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$40,902
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$11,049
about $117 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

4.1%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$117 a month against about $2,846 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

35%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 28% 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
$37k
Middle income$30–75k
$45k
Higher incomeover $75k
$46k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 18%Liberal arts 16%Business 15%Culinary & personal services 10%Visual & performing arts 10%Computer science 7%Everything else 24%

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 Humanities83 graduates a year
$39k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations46 graduates a year
$47k4 yrs out
Culinary Arts and Related Services29 graduates a year
$48k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections28 graduates a year
$56k4 yrs out
Music16 graduates a year
—not reported
Human Services, General13 graduates a year
—not reported
Air Transportation13 graduates a year
—not reported
Legal Support Services11 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

1,507 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 44%Hispanic 14%Black 20%Asian 13%Two or more 7%

Women and men

Women 57%Men 43%
15 : 1
students per teacher
23%
get Pell grants (lower income)
9%
take federal loans
15%
undergrads 25 or older
40%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Schenectady

10% of Schenectady’s 69,471 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Schenectady pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

Union CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Schenectady
1.1 mi2,082 students
Belanger School of NursingCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Schenectady
1.9 mi132 students
Bryant & Stratton College-AlbanyCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Colonie
10.7 mi224 students
University at AlbanyUniversity or college · Public · Albany
10.9 mi15,251 students
Siena CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Colonie
12 mi3,611 students
St. Peter's Hospital College of NursingCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Albany
13 mi125 students
Maria College of AlbanyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Albany
13.1 mi701 students
The College of Saint RoseUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Albany
13.3 mi2,329 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.