CUNY Borough
of Manhattan Community College
Public Community College in New York, NY. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $42,306.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,306 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 25% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,574. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 6.1% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Mobility score 6.1 — top quartile among US colleges
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 25% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 19% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 42% return, against 61% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 16,850 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,571 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($4,057 versus $12,016), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 74% get grants averaging $6,339, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 4% of students.
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 · 3,924 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 | $4,057 |
| $30–48k | $4,837 |
| $48–75k | $7,460 |
| $75–110k | $8,927 |
| $110k+ | $12,016 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 758 of these 16,850 students, totalling $3,873,454 — an average of $5,110 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
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)