Bergen Community College
Paramus, New Jersey
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 10,557 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
- Plant SciencesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,993
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 38 finishedGraduates here earned $79,808 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $76,213 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 60 finishedGraduates here earned $76,700 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,755
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 43 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 102 finishedGraduates here earned $84,850 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (20)
- Area StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,857
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $22,988
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $29,515
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherCertificate · 1 finished
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $58,916
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $22,567
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,339
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $42,478
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $40,447
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 1,322 finishedGraduates here earned $34,697 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $44,556
- Medical Illustration and InformaticsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $42,657
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 47 finishedGraduates here earned $41,858 a year afterNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $10,042per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $17,936sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,060Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 8%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 22%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $40,9376 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $52,09210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $11,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 32%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 27%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Bergen Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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