Associate's · Selden, New York
Is Human Services, General at Suffolk County Community College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $47,921
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $11k (likely $11k – $16k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k 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 0.9–13.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $8k (likely −$96k – $131k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $140k (likely −$74k – $406k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 28%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Suffolk County Community College
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$105,740
- Engineering, General (Associate's)$72,741
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$72,700
- Accounting and Related Services (Associate's)$56,569
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate's)$54,581
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$53,729
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$52,976
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$52,171
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$52,140
- Communication and Media Studies (Associate's)$49,227
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$45,964
- Culinary Arts and Related Services (Associate's)$40,131
Human Services, General at other schools in New York
- CUNY Bronx Community College$48,782
- Nassau Community College$48,442
- CUNY New York City College of Technology$47,942
- Orange County Community College$45,551
- Monroe University$45,208
- Herkimer County Community College$43,985
- Fulton-Montgomery Community College$43,952
- Monroe Community College$43,110
- Dutchess Community College$41,788
- CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College$41,311