SUNY Corning
Community College
Public Community College in Corning, NY. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $38,817.
Students who entered SUNY Corning Community College reach a median of $38,817 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 34% 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 34% graduate within six years. 54% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 21% 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. Retention drops to 42% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,256 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,465 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $3,331 at $0–30k versus $13,524 at $110k+. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,727 — common but not automatic. 44% 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 · 344 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 | $3,331 |
| $30–48k | $4,869 |
| $48–75k | $8,799 |
| $75–110k | $11,178 |
| $110k+ | $13,524 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 551 of these 1,256 students, totalling $3,175,638 — an average of $5,763 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Steuben 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)