Onondaga Cortland
Madison BOCES
Public College in Liverpool, NY. Median 10-year earnings $40,658.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,658 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Median debt at graduation is $6,419, 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 0.16 — 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. First-year retention of 92% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 25:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. This is a public short-program institution, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 570, 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 570 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,970 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $18,515 at $0–30k, $22,908 at $110k+. About 70% get grants averaging $9,760, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 61% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 171 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 | $18,515 |
| $30–48k | $19,597 |
| $48–75k | $19,974 |
| $75–110k | $20,287 |
| $110k+ | $22,908 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 346 of these 570 students, totalling $2,414,548 — an average of $6,978 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Onondaga 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)