CUNY Queensborough
Community College
Public Community College in Bayside, NY. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $44,214.
Students who entered CUNY Queensborough Community College land at a median of $44,214 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 24% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,600 — modest by four-year standards. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 5.5% 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 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Academics
Only 24% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. 65% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 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: 39% return, against 65% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 8,803 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,436 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $3,321 at $0–30k against $10,941 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 65% get grants averaging $5,788, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 4% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 1,843 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 | $3,321 |
| $30–48k | $3,955 |
| $48–75k | $6,692 |
| $75–110k | $8,211 |
| $110k+ | $10,941 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 391 of these 8,803 students, totalling $2,115,490 — an average of $5,410 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Queens 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)