Best ROI Colleges in New York
25 schools ranked by median earnings divided by average net price — the schools where the math actually works. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Earnings ÷ Net Price | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York · public | 25.0× | $3,033 | 71.2% | $75,971 | 47.5% |
| 2 | CUNY Hunter College New York · public | 21.2× | $2,984 | 57.9% | $63,163 | 53.8% |
| 3 | CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn · public | 19.6× | $3,103 | 58.4% | $60,752 | 58.4% |
| 4 | CUNY Lehman College Bronx · public | 18.4× | $3,148 | 58.1% | $58,013 | 56.6% |
| 5 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York · public | 17.5× | $3,203 | 61.7% | $56,195 | 57.1% |
| 6 | CUNY City College New York · public | 17.5× | $3,776 | 58.4% | $66,039 | 60.0% |
| 7 | CUNY Queens College Queens · public | 15.0× | $4,195 | 56.1% | $62,763 | 64.3% |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point · public | 14.7× | $6,174 | 79.7% | $90,610 | 34.2% |
| 9 | CUNY York College Jamaica · public | 12.8× | $4,456 | 41.2% | $56,945 | 64.1% |
| 10 | CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside · community | 9.9× | $4,458 | 32.9% | $44,214 | — |
| 11 | CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn · public | 9.6× | $5,127 | 32.1% | $49,365 | 80.3% |
| 12 | College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island · public | 9.6× | $5,579 | 36.8% | $53,501 | 92.3% |
| 13 | Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary Ossining · community | 9.5× | $3,822 | 56.1% | $36,442 | — |
| 14 | Suffolk County Community College Selden · community | 9.5× | $5,258 | 33.9% | $49,907 | — |
| 15 | CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx · community | 9.3× | $4,462 | 29.5% | $41,307 | — |
| 16 | CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York · community | 8.5× | $4,976 | 31.6% | $42,306 | — |
| 17 | Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland Suffern · community | 8.3× | $10,753 | 34.8% | $89,548 | 36.7% |
| 18 | Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge · community | 8.3× | $5,035 | 36.5% | $41,896 | — |
| 19 | CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn · public | 8.1× | $5,718 | 30.3% | $46,498 | 86.1% |
| 20 | Talmudical Seminary of Bobov Brooklyn · community | 7.9× | $2,840 | 43.8% | $22,432 | 97.9% |
| 21 | Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel Monroe · community | 7.7× | $4,156 | 75.3% | $31,853 | — |
| 22 | CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx · community | 7.6× | $5,297 | 33.8% | $40,485 | — |
| 23 | CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn · community | 7.6× | $5,606 | 39.4% | $42,621 | — |
| 24 | CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City · community | 6.8× | $6,120 | 37.0% | $41,653 | — |
| 25 | Nassau Community College Garden City · community | 6.8× | $7,095 | 34.3% | $48,248 | — |
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