SUNY Adirondack
Public Community College in Queensbury, NY. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $41,267.
Ten-year median earnings of $41,267 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 37% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,345 — 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 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 37% graduate within six years. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five 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. A 15% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 33% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,959 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,939 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $7,491 at $0–30k versus $15,839 at $110k+. About 59% get grants averaging $6,310, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 32% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 590 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 | $7,491 |
| $30–48k | $8,467 |
| $48–75k | $11,860 |
| $75–110k | $14,322 |
| $110k+ | $15,839 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 629 of these 1,959 students, totalling $3,647,963 — an average of $5,800 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Warren 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)