unitid 190628 · Long Island City, NY · public 2-year · city (large)
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 17,253
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
11,254
94th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
38%
undergrads on Pell grants
75th pctl among public 2-years
completion
24%
finish within 150% time
11th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$13,648
32nd pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$6,120
after aid, aided students
35th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$41,653
after entry, Title IV students
71st pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$7,407
13th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $5,269 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k69%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k9%
- 75-110k2%
- 110k+1%
- Median family income
- $16,969
- First-generation students
- 54%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,218
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 5.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 270 | $44,487 | $8,250 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 150 | $43,643 | $6,750 |
| Psychology, General. | 139 | $45,078 | $8,272 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 136 | $39,896 | $5,500 |
| Education, General. | 109 | — | — |
| Physical Sciences, General. | 104 | $47,678 | $7,500 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 101 | $45,254 | $6,553 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 81 | $112,905 | $10,632 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management. | 79 | $36,679 | $5,461 |
| Computer Science. | 77 | $62,633 | $8,750 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 63 | $49,226 | $19,125 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 60 | $44,115 | $7,709 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Compare with peers
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.