Western Suffolk BOCES
Public Community College in Northport, NY. Six-year graduation rate 84%. Median 10-year earnings $49,667.
Ten years after entry, the median Western Suffolk BOCES student earns $49,667 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is a strength: 84% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $11,339, 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 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 84% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 84% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Unusually, part-time retention (100%) beats full-time, pointing to a student body that is part-time by design. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 305 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price is not reported for this institution, which means there is no single what-you-pay number to compare — the aid participation rates below are the closest available proxy. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. About 49% 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 · 111 students
Federal student loans went to 149 of these 305 students, totalling $1,040,525 — an average of $6,983 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Suffolk 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)