Wayne Finger
Lakes BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
Public College in Newark, NY. Median 10-year earnings $49,509.
Ten years after entry, the median Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES-Practical Nursing Program student earns $49,509 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,125.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — 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. Retention of 77% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. A 26:1 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. At 77 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 77 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,804 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,994 at $0–30k, $26,362 at $110k+. 83% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,613 — common but not automatic. 71% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 13 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 | $22,994 |
| $30–48k | $24,960 |
| $48–75k | $21,817 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $26,362 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 55 of these 77 students, totalling $285,467 — an average of $5,190 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wayne County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026