unitid 190840 · Poughkeepsie, NY · public 2-year · suburb (large)
Dutchess Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 9,054
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
3,824
68th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
22%
undergrads on Pell grants
21st pctl among public 2-years
completion
30%
finish within 150% time
24th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$17,159
73rd pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$10,065
after aid, aided students
70th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,929
after entry, Title IV students
81st pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$10,039
46th 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 $6,141 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
- 0-30k40%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $30,761
- First-generation students
- 42%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,670
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 291 | $37,926 | $11,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 107 | $51,171 | $7,646 |
| Human Services, General. | 50 | $33,331 | $14,324 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 38 | $47,438 | $11,515 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 35 | $95,880 | $21,868 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 30 | $36,269 | $10,998 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 26 | $26,147 | $5,500 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 24 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 22 | — | — |
| Engineering, General. | 16 | $74,796 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 16 | $34,255 | — |
| Information Science/Studies. | 13 | — | — |
— 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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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.