CUNY Bronx
Community College
Public Community College in Bronx, NY. Six-year graduation rate 16%. Median 10-year earnings $41,307.
Ten-year median earnings of $41,307 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 16% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $8,384. It also moves people — 5.9% 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 16% — below national average
Academics
Only 16% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 51% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 14% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,766 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,304 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $3,667 at $0–30k against $10,195 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 79% get grants averaging $6,548, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 6% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 1,178 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 | $3,667 |
| $30–48k | $4,507 |
| $48–75k | $7,190 |
| $75–110k | $8,545 |
| $110k+ | $10,195 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 330 of these 5,766 students, totalling $1,762,082 — an average of $5,340 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bronx 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)