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Genesee Community College

Batavia, NY · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$237,166 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
$42,617Observed 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
−$237,166at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$213,3360
2
4
6
8
−$237,16610
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
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$5,900
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$6,500
Sticker price
Average net price$8,334
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$15,959
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
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
Town
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

$8,334Average net price / year
$15,959Cost of attendance
$11,622Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$123/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$42,617Median earnings · year 5 after completion
30.9%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,973Student 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$4,635
$30–48k$5,900
$48–75k$9,715
$75–110k$13,186
$110k+$15,098
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$42,617
Year 6$34,915
Year 10$39,674
Full-time retention
56.6%
Part-time retention
35.3%
Completion within 200% of normal time
31.1%

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
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.

$42,481Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$15,902Median federal debt across categories that report debt
50%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,060Year 1
$48,414Year 4
$42,617Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$80,8642Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$56,9543Information Science/Studies · Associate's Degree$52,9754Accounting and Related Services · Associate's Degree$48,3355Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$47,0976Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$42,4817Health and Medical Administrative Services · Associate's Degree$41,1168Community Organization and Advocacy · Associate's Degree$40,808

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 and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree · $56,954 reported+35%vs same-degree national median$18,793federal debt2Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree · $41,116 reported+11%vs same-degree national median$15,902federal debt3Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree · $48,335 reported+1%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree · $47,097 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$11,500federal debt5Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $80,864 reported+0%vs same-degree national median$24,789federal debt6Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · $40,380 reported-3%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$80,864$24,789Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$56,954$18,793Not reported
Information Science/StudiesAssociate's Degree$52,975Not availableNot reported
Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree$48,335Not availableNot reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$47,097$11,500Not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$42,481$13,642Not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree$41,116$15,902Not reported
Community Organization and AdvocacyAssociate's Degree$40,808$17,250Not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$40,776$10,064Not reported
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$40,380Not availableNot 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.