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Onondaga Community College: cost, admission and results

Onondaga Community College is a public college in Syracuse, New York. It has about 4,456 undergraduate students. The average net price for students with federal aid is $5,201 a year.

At a glance

  • $5,201Net price a year
  • 29%Graduation rate
  • $46,041Median earnings, 10 years on
Location
Syracuse, New York 13215
Type
Public
Degrees
Mostly associate degrees (two-year)
Setting
Suburb of a large city
Undergraduate students
4,456
Students per teacher
18 to 1
Accredited by
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Website
sunyocc.edu

Getting in

Onondaga Community College has an open admission policy: it does not turn applicants away on grades or test scores, though some courses can have their own requirements.

What it costs

Tuition and fees, students from New York$6,212
Tuition and fees, students from elsewhere$11,612
Room and meals on campus$11,416
Books and supplies$700
Average full cost of a year (tuition, living, books), before aid$13,705
Average net price after grants and scholarships$5,201

The net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average for a year after grants and scholarships were taken off (for a public college, students from inside the state). It is 66% below the median net price of colleges in New York on this site ($15,275). International students are normally charged the out-of-state tuition and do not receive US federal aid.

Net price by family income

Family income a yearAverage net price
Up to $30,000$2,314
$30,001 to $48,000$3,287
$48,001 to $75,000$5,972
$75,001 to $110,000$8,821
Above $110,000$12,012

For students who received federal aid. A negative figure means grants were larger than the cost counted.

For an estimate that fits your own family, use the college's net price calculator.

Results

MeasureThis collegeNY medianUS median
Students who come back for a second year55%79%73%
Students who finish their degree (within one and a half times the normal length)29%50%49%
Median earnings 10 years after starting$46,041$60,260$53,132
Median federal loan debt of those who finish$11,000$19,500$19,994

Medians are the middle value of the colleges on this site in New York and in the whole country. Completion and return rates count first-time, full-time students. Earnings and debt count students who received federal aid.

The students

28% of undergraduates receive a Pell Grant, the federal grant for students from lower-income families. 18% take a federal student loan. The undergraduate body is 54% women and 46% men. By undergraduate numbers it is number 54 of the 254 colleges in New York on this site that report a size; the middle-sized one has 1,272.

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Common questions

How much is tuition at Onondaga Community College?

Published tuition and fees are $6,212 a year for students from New York and $11,612 for others. Most students with aid pay less: see the net price.

What is the graduation rate of Onondaga Community College?

29% of first-time, full-time students finish within one and a half times the normal length of the course.

Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education, data released on 2 November 2026; checked in November 2026. Net price, debt and earnings describe students who received US federal aid. Costs change each year. This is official data for general information, not advice: confirm costs and admission rules on the college's own website and at collegescorecard.ed.gov.

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