Associate's · Buffalo, New York
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Erie Community College worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,531
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $63,309
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $9,977
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $23k (likely $23k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $25k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.2 years (likely 1.5–3.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $137k (likely $57k – $227k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $452k (likely $274k – $665k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 27%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Associate's)$68,097
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Associate's)$59,007
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- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$54,648
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$52,896
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection (Associate's)$52,749
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$50,996
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$49,282
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in New York
- CUNY New York City College of Technology$59,137
- Monroe Community College$57,829
- Nassau Community College$57,178
- Niagara County Community College$56,195
- Suffolk County Community College$54,581
- Monroe University$54,205
- CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College$51,649
- SUNY Corning Community College$51,264
- Jamestown Community College$46,805
- CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College$40,803