New York
School for Medical and Dental Assistants
For-profit College in Long Island City, NY. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $38,899.
Students who entered New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants reach a median of $38,899 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 65%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $8,309, 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 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
65% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body is just 414, 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 414 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,097 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($20,097 versus $13,111), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $7,866, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 67% 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 · 413 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 | $20,097 |
| $30–48k | $20,097 |
| $48–75k | $20,097 |
| $75–110k | $13,111 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 277 of these 414 students, totalling $1,288,604 — an average of $4,652 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)