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CUNY Hostos Community College

⌖ Bronx, NY · 14 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$224,318 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

—Modeled economic break-even

−111%Modeled 10-year ROI

$42,687Observed earnings · year 5

Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff

Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it

ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation

−$224,318at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$201,1880

−$224,31810

FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$5,254

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$8,134

Sticker price

Average net price$5,297

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$13,069

Tuition + living budget

COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Main award level: Associate degrees
Campus setting: City
Admissions: Open admission
Delivery: Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation: No special designation reported

Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$5,297Average net price / year

$13,069Cost of attendance

$8,442Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$89/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$42,687Median earnings · year 5 after completion

16.1%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

4,900Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$4,541

$30–48k$5,401

$48–75k$7,615

$75–110k$9,074

$110k+$12,248

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$42,687

Year 6$34,095

Year 10$40,485

Full-time retention: 54.2%
Part-time retention: 44.3%
Completion within 200% of normal time: 20.8%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

44thEarnings percentile

2thCompletion percentile

WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$41,454Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$9,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt

43%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$30,041Year 1

$45,126Year 4

$42,687Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $92,798 reported+42%vs same-degree national median$10,250federal debt 2Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $79,357 reported+28%vs same-degree national median$14,400federal debt 3Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $102,972 reported+27%vs same-degree national median$11,433federal debt 4Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate's Degree · $46,938 reported+25%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt 5Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $43,443 reported+7%vs same-degree national median$9,000federal debt 6Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate's Degree · $37,783 reported+3%vs same-degree national median$5,500federal debt

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in NY

Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

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Annual net price: $5,035
Observed earnings · year 5: $42,328
Modeled 10-year ROI: -113%

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Annual net price: $5,606
Observed earnings · year 5: $41,285
Modeled 10-year ROI: -118%

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Annual net price: $6,876
Observed earnings · year 5: $42,217
Modeled 10-year ROI: -113%

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Columbia-Greene Community College

Annual net price: $6,559
Observed earnings · year 5: $43,476
Modeled 10-year ROI: -107%

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt	2023–24 awards
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	Associate's Degree	$102,972	$11,433	Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	Associate's Degree	$92,798	$10,250	Not reported
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	Associate's Degree	$79,357	$14,400	Not reported
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services	Associate's Degree	$46,938	Not available	Not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections	Associate's Degree	$43,609	$6,256	Not reported
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	Associate's Degree	$43,443	$9,000	Not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	Associate's Degree	$43,296	$6,549	Not reported
Accounting and Related Services	Associate's Degree	$41,454	$7,250	Not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Associate's Degree	$40,022	$10,425	Not reported
Teaching Assistants/Aides	Associate's Degree	$37,783	$5,500	Not reported
Graphic Communications	Associate's Degree	$33,591	Not available	Not reported
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	Associate's Degree	$32,779	Not available	Not reported
Physical Sciences, General	Associate's Degree	$32,772	Not available	Not reported
Design and Applied Arts	Associate's Degree	$30,848	Not available	Not reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.