Completion Day

Report - June 2013

Community colleges are a critical resource for a growing number of New Yorkers and a key component of the state's economic competitiveness. But they are taken for granted by policymakers and continue to face enormous challenges in graduating students.

by Tom Hilliard and Tina Spaic

Tags: economic opportunity higher education community colleges human capital

Table 2: 6-year Graduation Rates for New York State’s 35 Community Colleges
College	Cohort Entered Fall 2002	All Degrees	Associate Degrees	Bachelor's Degrees
Community Colleges	42,045	14,902	10,990	3,912
Jefferson (SUNY)	592	46%	29%	17%
Niagara County (SUNY)	913	45%	33%	13%
Finger Lakes (SUNY)	790	44%	34%	10%
Jamestown (SUNY)	779	44%	29%	15%
Cayuga County (SUNY)	536	43%	34%	10%
Columbia-Greene (SUNY)	215	43%	34%	8%
Broome (SUNY)	1,330	42%	25%	17%
Fulton-Montgomery (SUNY)	427	42%	30%	13%
Monroe (SUNY)	2,733	42%	31%	11%
North Country (SUNY)	272	41%	32%	9%
Herkimer County (SUNY)	819	40%	30%	10%
Adirondack (SUNY)	662	39%	28%	11%
Clinton (SUNY)	336	39%	26%	12%
Hudson Valley (SUNY)	2,364	39%	29%	10%
Kingsborough (CUNY)	1,776	39%	28%	10%
Erie (SUNY)	2,140	38%	27%	11%
Mohawk Valley (SUNY)	1,320	37%	25%	13%
Nassau (SUNY)	4,042	37%	30%	7%
Dutchess (SUNY)	940	36%	26%	10%
Genesee (SUNY)	595	36%	25%	10%
Corning (SUNY)	645	35%	29%	7%
Tompkins Cortland (SUNY)	584	35%	24%	11%
Onondaga (SUNY)	963	34%	24%	11%
Rockland (SUNY)	1,069	34%	25%	9%
Schenectady County (SUNY)	403	34%	29%	5%
Suffolk County (SUNY)	3,385	34%	27%	6%
Ulster County (SUNY)	443	33%	21%	12%
Queensborough (CUNY)	1,833	30%	19%	11%
LaGuardia (CUNY)	1,902	29%	21%	8%
Orange County (SUNY)	995	28%	21%	7%
Borough of Manhattan (CUNY)	2,775	27%	20%	7%
Westchester (SUNY)	1,493	27%	22%	4%
Bronx (CUNY)	976	24%	18%	5%
Sullivan County (SUNY)	428	23%	18%	6%
Hostos (CUNY)	570	21%	18%	3%
All Community Colleges	100%	35%	26%	9%