Cayuga Onondaga
BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
Public College in Auburn, NY. Median 10-year earnings $45,439.
Ten years after entry, the median Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program student earns $45,439 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Median debt at graduation is $11,426, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 43% of applicants are offered a place. With 7 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 67% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program →Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body is just 36, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 36 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $32,774 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $32,864 at $0–30k against $32,049 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 89% of students get grant aid averaging $9,531, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 81% 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 · 5 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 | $32,864 |
| $30–48k | $38,884 |
| $48–75k | $32,505 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $32,049 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 29 of these 36 students, totalling $251,092 — an average of $8,658 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cayuga County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)