SUNY Broome
Community College
Public Community College in Binghamton, NY. Six-year graduation rate 23%. Median 10-year earnings $39,710.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,710, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 23% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, 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 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 23% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 23% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 44% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 34% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 21:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,203 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,629 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $5,143 at the $0–30k band to $15,944 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 70% of students at an average of $7,786. 47% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 1,006 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 | $5,143 |
| $30–48k | $6,903 |
| $48–75k | $9,735 |
| $75–110k | $13,147 |
| $110k+ | $15,944 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,520 of these 3,203 students, totalling $9,592,821 — an average of $6,311 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Broome 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)