Dutchess Community College
Poughkeepsie, New York
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 3,824 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.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Information Science/StudiesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,425
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Pilot and air transportation
- Air TransportationAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 38 finishedGraduates here earned $43,149 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 43 finishedGraduates here earned $97,740 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (15)
- Architectural Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $44,791
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 95 finishedGraduates here earned $44,500 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 36 finishedGraduates here earned $27,597 a year afterNationally: $33,346
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 44 finishedGraduates here earned $41,449 a year afterNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 274 finishedGraduates here earned $29,324 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $38,048
- MusicCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $27,777
- Public HealthAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,417
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degreeNationally: $22,303
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $32,194 a year afterNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $9,309per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $16,207sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,920Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 14%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 31%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $39,3126 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $48,92710 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 Dutchess 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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