Plaza College
For-profit Community College in Forest Hills, NY. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $31,519.
Students who entered Plaza College reach a median of $31,519 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 68% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $20,751, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. It also moves people — 3.7% 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.66 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
At 30%, the acceptance rate makes Plaza College a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. Only 1,250 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is high — 55% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Plaza College →Academics
A 68% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. The 28:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. At 846 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 829 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,860 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $19,692 at $0–30k, $23,415 at $48–75k. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $9,429. Most students borrow — 82% 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 · 227 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 | $19,692 |
| $30–48k | $19,716 |
| $48–75k | $23,415 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 677 of these 829 students, totalling $5,998,688 — an average of $8,861 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)