+23%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Suffolk County Community College rose 23% between 2006 and 2009 ($3.5k → $4.3k).
New York · Public · Predominantly associate's
Suffolk County Community College
Selden, New York. 14,134 undergraduate students. 70 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Suffolk County Community College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Suffolk County Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.0% → 0.0%).
-14%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Suffolk County Community College fell 14% between 2006 and 2009 (18.7% → 16.2%).
+21%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Suffolk County Community College are 21% above the public associate's-predominant peer median ($49.9k vs $41.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New York
Each tile compares this institution to the New York median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$49,907+30% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$38,316
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry24.9%-28% · '01→'09
New York median 64.2%$5,500+214% · '01→'20
At program completion14,134-12% · '01→'24
latest IPEDS62.3%-3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,440+57% · '01→'09
out-of-state $12,080SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
1.5%Median federal debt $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $49,907 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-28%
Suffolk County Community College · completion · 150% fell
22.4% → 16.2%
+57%
Suffolk County Community College · in-state tuition rose
$2,716 → $4,256
+142%
Suffolk County Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,146 → $12,460
+214%
Suffolk County Community College · median debt rose
$2,624 → $8,250
-100%
Suffolk County Community College · cohort default rate fell
16.4% → 0.0%
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$97,175Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$73,505Data Processing.$69,782Engineering, General.$64,156Fire Protection.$62,210Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$60,563Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$60,107Legal Support Services.$56,190Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$55,535Accounting and Related Services.$53,999Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other.$53,338Business Administration, Management and Operations.$52,959Communication and Media Studies.$52,717Criminal Justice and Corrections.$51,987Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$49,845Legal Support Services.$49,448Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$44,789Culinary Arts and Related Services.$42,704Design and Applied Arts.$38,842Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other.$36,511Community Organization and Advocacy.$34,216Teaching Assistants/Aides.$31,587Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians.$30,786Visual and Performing Arts, General.$29,196
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
24 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Suffolk County Community College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$128,636
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 15
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,022
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in New York
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Suffolk County Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Suffolk County Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Suffolk County Community College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.