10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$157,042at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Suffolk County Community College
⌖ Selden, NY · 18 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$157,042 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.
45.7 yrsModeled economic break-even
−78%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,399Observed earnings · year 5
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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.
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
- Suburban
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$5,258Average net price / year
$12,429Cost of attendance
$8,250Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$87/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,399Median earnings · year 5 after completion
28.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
14,218Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
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.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$29,771Year 1
$50,418Year 4
$49,399Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
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$105,7402Engineering, General · Associate's Degree$72,7413Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$72,7004Accounting and Related Services · Associate's Degree$56,5695Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$54,5816Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$53,7297Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$52,9768Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$52,171Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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.
Garden City, NY
Nassau Community College
- Annual net price
- $7,095
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $50,850
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -72%
Orange County Community College
- Annual net price
- $6,794
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $52,137
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -66%
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Annual net price
- $4,976
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $44,947
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -100%
CUNY Bronx Community College
- Annual net price
- $4,462
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $44,617
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -102%
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 | $105,740 | $17,250 | Not reported |
| Engineering, General | Associate's Degree | $72,741 | Not available | Not reported |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $72,700 | $7,000 | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Associate's Degree | $56,569 | $9,784 | Not reported |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Associate's Degree | $54,581 | $10,250 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's Degree | $53,729 | $8,000 | Not reported |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $52,976 | Not available | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate's Degree | $52,171 | $20,406 | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's Degree | $52,140 | $7,625 | Not reported |
| Communication and Media Studies | Associate's Degree | $49,227 | Not available | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $45,964 | $8,000 | Not reported |
| Human Services, General | Associate's Degree | $44,614 | Not available | Not reported |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Associate's Degree | $40,131 | Not available | Not reported |
| Design and Applied Arts | Associate's Degree | $37,147 | $9,132 | Not reported |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | Associate's Degree | $34,099 | Not available | Not reported |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | Not available | $11,500 | Not reported |
| Legal Support Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Not available | $19,500 | 18 |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | Associate's Degree | Not available | $6,500 | 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.