Dutchess BOCES-Practical
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Public College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Median 10-year earnings $48,363.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $48,363 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,063 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.15 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Just 57% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 88 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $34,363 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $35,043 at $0–30k against $37,827 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,042 — common but not automatic. 59% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 44 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 | $35,043 |
| $30–48k | $34,945 |
| $48–75k | $31,151 |
| $75–110k | $35,833 |
| $110k+ | $37,827 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 52 of these 88 students, totalling $318,355 — an average of $6,122 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dutchess County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026