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SUNY Corning Community College

Corning, NY · 8 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$216,992 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
−104%Modeled 10-year ROI
$44,250Observed 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
−$216,992at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$209,4920
2
4
6
8
−$216,99210
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$6,534
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$10,326
Sticker price
Average net price$7,373
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$14,197
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
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

$7,373Average net price / year
$14,197Cost of attendance
$12,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$127/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$44,250Median earnings · year 5 after completion
34.0%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,138Student 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$3,331
$30–48k$4,869
$48–75k$8,799
$75–110k$11,178
$110k+$13,524
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$44,250
Year 6$34,727
Year 10$38,817
Full-time retention
54.4%
Part-time retention
41.8%
Completion within 200% of normal time
35.8%

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.

47thEarnings percentile
17thCompletion 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.

$47,512Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$12,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
50%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$32,717Year 1
$45,809Year 4
$44,250Year 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$87,1002Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$53,1643Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$51,2644Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$49,5195Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$47,5126Community Organization and Advocacy · Associate's Degree$41,2237Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · Associate's Degree$39,2198Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$38,547

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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $87,100 reported+8%vs same-degree national median$31,188federal debt2Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree · $39,219 reported+4%vs same-degree national median$11,000federal debt3Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree · $47,512 reported+2%vs same-degree national median$12,000federal debt4Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree · $49,519 reported+2%vs same-degree national median$12,000federal debt5Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree · $51,264 reported-5%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Community Organization and AdvocacyAssociate's Degree · $41,223 reported-6%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI
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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$87,100$31,188Not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$53,164Not availableNot reported
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$51,264Not availableNot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$49,519$12,000Not reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$47,512$12,000Not reported
Community Organization and AdvocacyAssociate's Degree$41,223Not availableNot reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree$39,219$11,000Not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$38,547$12,000Not 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.