CUNY Hostos Community College

Bronx, New York

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 4,900 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.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $34,183 a year after finishingNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Data ProcessingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,799
  • Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $69,795 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $78,509 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $21,728 a year after finishingNationally: $31,578

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233

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 · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $35,976 a year after finishingNationally: $34,369

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 49 finishedGraduates here earned $34,749 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 31 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 39 finishedGraduates here earned $94,614 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (18)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 44 finishedGraduates here earned $40,811 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Chemical EngineeringAssociate degree · 2 finished
  • Civil EngineeringAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $42,083
  • Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $43,427
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $25,749
  • Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $17,190 a year afterNationally: $27,878
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 189 finishedGraduates here earned $32,736 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Management Information Systems and ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $57,331
  • MathematicsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $36,826
  • Mechanical EngineeringAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $52,218
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 34 finishedGraduates here earned $36,878 a year afterNationally: $38,048
  • MusicAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $34,698
  • Public AdministrationAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $37,841
  • Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $39,731
  • Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 53 finishedGraduates here earned $32,178 a year afterNationally: $28,477
  • Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degreeNationally: $26,742
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$3,100$30–48k$4,138$48–75k$5,911$75–110k$7,633Over $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$3,914per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$12,756sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,254Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
6%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
17%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$37,8916 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$47,28010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$9,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
31%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
25%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 CUNY Hostos 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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