Community Colleges in New York
Community college pricing in New York is remarkably uniform. The 39 colleges we rank charge between $5,170 and $8,892 a year, only $3,722 apart.
The median college charges $6,264, $1,718 (38%) above the national community college median of $4,546. The median net price is $8,501, above the median tuition, because net price also counts books, transportation and living costs that tuition leaves out. That is why a community college can show a net price higher than its sticker price.
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College ranks first at $5,170, ahead of CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College ($5,194) and CUNY Bronx Community College ($5,206).
How this list is built
A college appears here only if it meets every condition below.
- Colleges considered
- Public community colleges and state colleges whose main award is the associate degree
- Ranked by in-state tuition & fees, lowest first. Ties are broken by larger undergraduate enrollment, then by name.
- Main campuses only, with at least 60% of core data fields reported
- Main campus located in New York
- At least 500 undergraduate students enrolled (fall 2024)
- A reported in-state tuition & fees value (schools without one are not ranked)
- Schools that report no tuition or a $0 price are not ranked
- State colleges that also grant a few bachelor's degrees but mostly award associate degrees are included and marked in the table
- This page is published only when at least 10 schools qualify; New York has 39
- Data period
- In-state tuition and fees: full-time undergraduate sticker price, academic year 2024-25. Some community colleges report the in-district rate.
- Out-of-state tuition and fees: academic year 2024-25. Shown for public colleges only, because private colleges charge everyone the same price.
- Net price: average for students receiving aid, academic year 2023-24.
- Graduation rate: first-time, full-time students who started in fall 2018 (4-year) or fall 2021 (2-year), finishing within 150% of normal time.
- Enrollment: undergraduate students, fall 2024.
- Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
Showing all 39 qualifying schools. Select a column heading to re-sort the table.
| 1 | CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY Public · 2-year | $5,170 | $8,050 | $4,976 | 25% | 18,623 |
| 2 | CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College New York, NY Public · 2-year | $5,194 | $8,074 | $5,833 | 24% | 978 |
| 3 | CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx, NY Public · 2-year | $5,206 | $8,086 | $4,462 | 17% | 5,964 |
| 4 | CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside, NY Public · 2-year | $5,210 | $8,090 | $4,458 | 23% | 8,940 |
| 5 | CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY Public · 2-year | $5,218 | $8,098 | $6,120 | 25% | 11,254 |
| 6 | CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, NY Public · 2-year | $5,252 | $8,132 | $5,606 | 25% | 7,670 |
| 7 | CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx, NY Public · 2-year | $5,254 | $8,134 | $5,297 | 17% | 4,900 |
| 8 | Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie, NY Public · 2-year | $5,670 | $10,670 | $10,065 | 29% | 3,824 |
| 9 | Herkimer County Community College Herkimer, NY Public · 2-year | $5,776 | $5,776 | $13,419 | 31% | 1,168 |
| 10 | Genesee Community College Batavia, NY Public · 2-year | $5,900 | $6,500 | $8,334 | 30% | 1,973 |
| 11 | SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla, NY Public · 2-year | $5,948 | $12,486 | $9,373 | 24% | 8,078 |
| 12 | Monroe Community College Rochester, NY Public · 2-year | $6,006 | $11,056 | $6,353 | 25% | 7,623 |
| 13 | Columbia-Greene Community College Hudson, NY Public · 2-year | $6,048 | $11,448 | $6,559 | 40% | 876 |
| 14 | Erie Community College Buffalo, NY Public · 2-year | $6,100 | $11,300 | $7,765 | 28% | 6,099 |
| 15 | Onondaga Community College Syracuse, NY Public · 2-year | $6,102 | $11,392 | $8,562 | 26% | 4,456 |
| 16 | Schenectady County Community College Schenectady, NY Public · 2-year | $6,190 | $8,974 | $8,947 | 31% | 1,507 |
| 17 | Fulton-Montgomery Community College Johnstown, NY Public · 2-year | $6,198 | $6,798 | $6,696 | 37% | 1,001 |
| 18 | Mohawk Valley Community College Utica, NY Public · 2-year | $6,218 | $8,851 | $8,987 | 36% | 2,950 |
| 19 | Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua, NY Public · 2-year | $6,234 | $8,418 | $13,898 | 29% | 2,980 |
| 20 | Jefferson Community College Watertown, NY Public · 2-year | $6,264 | $11,700 | $11,923 | 27% | 1,499 |
| 21 | Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $6,294 | $16,874 | $19,095 | 82% | 7,637 |
| 22 | Nassau Community College Garden City, NY Public · 2-year | $6,330 | $12,130 | $7,095 | 23% | 10,630 |
| 23 | Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake, NY Public · 2-year | $6,468 | $12,132 | $8,482 | 28% | 836 |
| 24 | Orange County Community College Middletown, NY Public · 2-year | $6,526 | $12,334 | $6,794 | 24% | 3,989 |
| 25 | SUNY Corning Community College Corning, NY Public · 2-year | $6,534 | $10,326 | $7,373 | 33% | 1,138 |
| 26 | Suffolk County Community College Selden, NY Public · 2-year | $6,630 | $12,460 | $5,258 | 27% | 14,218 |
| 27 | Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge, NY Public · 2-year | $6,666 | $12,146 | $5,035 | 32% | 1,341 |
| 28 | North Country Community College Saranac Lake, NY Public · 2-year | $6,682 | $9,370 | $11,868 | 27% | 819 |
| 29 | Hudson Valley Community College Troy, NY Public · 2-year | $6,796 | $11,852 | $8,501 | 34% | 6,499 |
| 30 | Jamestown Community College Jamestown, NY Public · 2-year | $6,840 | $6,840 | $9,850 | 37% | 1,739 |
| 31 | SUNY Adirondack Queensbury, NY Public · 2-year | $6,844 | $9,616 | $10,389 | 33% | 1,844 |
| 32 | Rockland Community College Suffern, NY Public · 2-year | $6,862 | $6,862 | $11,282 | 29% | 3,834 |
| 33 | Niagara County Community College Sanborn, NY Public · 2-year | $6,894 | $12,030 | $6,876 | 31% | 3,084 |
| 34 | Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden, NY Public · 2-year | $6,970 | $12,855 | $12,723 | 26% | 1,469 |
| 35 | Cayuga County Community College Auburn, NY Public · 2-year | $7,056 | $12,336 | $8,662 | 32% | 1,187 |
| 36 | SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton, NY Public · 2-year | $8,624 | $14,288 | $8,940 | 23% | 3,055 |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi, NY Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $8,772 | $12,762 | $17,225 | 47% | 2,843 |
| 38 | SUNY Morrisville Morrisville, NY Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $8,825 | $19,245 | $15,939 | 30% | 1,923 |
| 39 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $8,892 | $16,837 | $15,016 | 54% | 3,563 |
How to compare these colleges
Community college tuition is often quoted at the in-district or in-state rate, and the out-of-state column shows what a nonresident would pay. Colleges marked as also granting some bachelor's degrees are state colleges that mostly award associate degrees. If you plan to transfer, check the receiving university's transfer agreements before choosing on price alone.
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