CUNY LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, New York

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 11,254 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 · 77 finishedGraduates here earned $40,515 a year after finishingNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
  • Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,766
  • Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 88 finishedGraduates here earned $27,384 a year after finishingNationally: $41,515
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $23,862 a year after finishingNationally: $32,720
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 29 finishedGraduates here earned $84,467 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 29 finishedGraduates here earned $27,921 a year after finishingNationally: $31,578

Industrial and equipment maintenance

  • Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 41 finishedGraduates here earned $43,845 a year after finishingNationally: $53,952

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $51,078 a year after finishingNationally: $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 · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 31 finishedGraduates here earned $22,665 a year after finishingNationally: $41,377

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 149 finishedGraduates here earned $34,749 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 35 finishedGraduates here earned $70,065 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 86 finishedGraduates here earned $94,471 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (29)
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 13 finishedGraduates here earned $25,224 a year afterNationally: $29,515
  • Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $33,380
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 278 finishedGraduates here earned $41,308 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Civil EngineeringAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $42,083
  • Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 32 finishedNationally: $33,346
  • Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,618
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $23,931 a year afterNationally: $22,567
  • Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 82 finishedGraduates here earned $31,183 a year afterNationally: $28,911
  • Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringAssociate degree · 29 finishedNationally: $43,427
  • Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $55,703
  • English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $27,003
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $28,195
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 80 finishedGraduates here earned $26,322 a year afterNationally: $24,176
  • Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,311
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 51 finishedGraduates here earned $37,388 a year afterNationally: $37,255
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 124 finishedGraduates here earned $34,476 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Mechanical EngineeringAssociate degree · 18 finishedNationally: $52,218
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 46 finishedGraduates here earned $41,154 a year afterNationally: $38,048
  • MusicAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $36,701
  • PhilosophyAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $33,648
  • Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 54 finishedNationally: $34,698
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 131 finishedGraduates here earned $33,275 a year afterNationally: $30,994
  • Public HealthAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $36,417
  • Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $37,810
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $41,894
  • Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $28,477
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 29 finishedNationally: $37,661
  • Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $32,910
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$3,246$30–48k$4,127$48–75k$5,975$75–110k$7,483Over $110k$10,987Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$4,184per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$12,762sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,254Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
2%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
24%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$40,4256 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$48,87910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$9,263federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
37%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
21%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 LaGuardia 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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