Schenectady County Community College

Schenectady, New York

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 1,507 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

  • Food Science and TechnologyCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,982
  • Food Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,934

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
  • Information Science/StudiesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,425
  • Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,779

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674

Engineering technology

  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,933

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Pilot and air transportation

  • Air TransportationAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Other programs (24)
  • Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $45,385
  • BiotechnologyAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $44,861
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 35 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $54,610
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,567
  • Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $55,703
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $25,749
  • Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $26,824
  • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherAssociate degreeNationally: $40,447
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $37,910
  • Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,677
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Human Services, GeneralCertificateNationally: $34,193
  • Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $32,008
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 74 finishedNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • MusicCertificate · 16 finishedNationally: $27,777
  • MusicAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • NanotechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finished
  • Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,055
  • Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $23,489
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$3,975$30–48k$6,677$48–75k$7,391$75–110k$10,051Over $110k$12,192Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$6,689per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$15,394sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$6,612Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
9%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
28%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$37,1056 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$44,04210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$10,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
31%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 Schenectady County 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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