Berkeley College-New York
For-profit College in New York, NY. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $45,884.
Ten years after entry, the median Berkeley College-New York student earns $45,884 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 51%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $30,426 at graduation. It also moves people — 5.8% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.66 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
51% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is weak: only 55% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. 23% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 21:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,514 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $35,294 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Income makes less difference than usual: $33,638 at $0–30k, $38,592 at $110k+. Most students get help: 87% receive grants worth $8,940 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 66% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 59 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $33,638 |
| $30–48k | $33,341 |
| $48–75k | $33,533 |
| $75–110k | $38,839 |
| $110k+ | $38,592 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,000 of these 1,514 students, totalling $7,790,405 — an average of $7,790 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New York County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Settlement with a Government or State Agency
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)