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Finger Lakes Community College

⌖ Canandaigua, NY · 9 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$270,882 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

−115%Modeled 10-year ROI

$41,471Observed 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

−$270,882at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$235,5920

−$270,88210

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$6,234

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$8,418

Sticker price

Average net price$13,898

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$19,900

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: Rural
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

$13,898Average net price / year

$19,900Cost of attendance

$12,975Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$138/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$41,471Median earnings · year 5 after completion

30.2%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

2,980Student 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$11,044

$30–48k$12,386

$48–75k$15,248

$75–110k$17,058

$110k+$19,157

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$41,471

Year 6$36,637

Year 10$40,054

Full-time retention: 53.4%
Part-time retention: 44.8%
Completion within 200% of normal time: 30.5%

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.

41thEarnings percentile

12thCompletion 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.

$47,704Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$15,525Median federal debt across categories that report debt

56%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$34,123Year 1

$46,233Year 4

$41,471Year 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.

1Community Organization and AdvocacyAssociate's Degree · $52,970 reported+20%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt 2Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree · $59,481 reported+16%vs same-degree national median$15,525federal debt 3MusicAssociate's Degree · $38,356 reported+13%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt 4Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree · $50,761 reported+7%vs same-degree national median$19,618federal debt 5Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $83,636 reported+3%vs same-degree national median$25,537federal debt 6Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree · $46,597 reported-0%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt

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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	$83,636	$25,537	Not reported
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	Associate's Degree	$59,481	$15,525	Not reported
Community Organization and Advocacy	Associate's Degree	$52,970	Not available	Not reported
Accounting and Related Services	Associate's Degree	$50,761	$19,618	Not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Associate's Degree	$47,704	$12,000	Not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections	Associate's Degree	$46,597	Not available	Not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	Associate's Degree	$41,572	$11,000	Not reported
Music	Associate's Degree	$38,356	Not available	Not reported
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	Associate's Degree	$32,875	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.