Career Programs at SCCC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Schenectady County Community College is $8,636 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Schenectady County Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

34% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $10,043 (exclude student loans).

SCCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$8,636
Average Financial Amount	$10,043

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Schenectady County Community College offers 34 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 490 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Schenectady County Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	1	4
2 Years Certificate	33	69
Total	34	490

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

4 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
69 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
417 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Brewing Science	✕	4	-
	Total	4

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	0	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	2	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	0	-
Culinary Science/Culinology	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services (other)	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Automation Engineer Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology	✕	1	-
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	4	$25,500
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	5 completers	$28,300
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	0	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	0	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	0	-
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Music	✕	8	-
Music Technology	✕	5	-
Music (other)	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✕	15	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	0	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	7	-
Health Aide	✕	2	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	0	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	2	-
Banking and Financial Support Services	✕	0	-
Tourism and Travel Services Management	✕	2	-
Tourism Promotion Operations	✕	0	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	69

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Brewing Science	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	0	-
Computer Game Programming	✕	2	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	5	-
Computer Science	✕	10	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	11	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	38	-
Culinary Science/Culinology	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	0	-
Nanotechnology	✕	0	-
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Human Nutrition	✕	17	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services (other)	✕	0	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	9	-
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	15	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	79 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	16	-
General Studies	✕	0	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	55	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	8	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Biotechnology	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics (other)	✕	0	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician	✕	2	-
Science Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	0	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	40	-
Fire Services Administration	✕	0	-
Fire Systems Technology	✕	1	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✕	0	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology	✕	5	-
Air Traffic Controller	✕	2	-
Transportation and Materials Moving (other)	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	✕	0	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	0	-
Music Performance	✕	10	-
Music Technology	✕	7	-
Music Management	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	4	-
Dietetic Technician	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	119 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	76	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	0	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	0	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	13	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Tourism and Travel Services Management	✕	11	-
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Resort Management	✕	0	-
Casino Management	✕	0	-
Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management	✕	19	-
General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations (other)	✕	0	-
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
	Total	417

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 3,657 students are attending at Schenectady County Community College. There are 44 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 105 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 15 to 1 (6.67%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 179 (full-time) and 184 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Schenectady County Community College is 27% and transfer-out rate is 16%. The retention rate is 57% at the school.

SCCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	3,657
Graduation Rate	27%
Number of Faculty	149
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1

Student Population at SCCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,705 students enrolled into Schenectady County Community College. By gender, 1,593 male and 2,112 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Schenectady County Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Schenectady County Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,705	1,593	2,112
Full-time	1,131	503	628
Part-tme	2,574	1,090	1,484

There are 2,360 White (63.70%), 438 Black/African American (11.82%), 292 Hispanic (7.88%), 420 Asian (11.34%), and 480 students with other races attending Schenectady County Community College. 3 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Schenectady County Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,705	1,593	2,112
American Indian/Native American	24	8	16
Asian	420	176	244
Black/African American	438	151	287
Hispanic	292	98	194
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	3	4
White	2,360	1,091	1,269
Two More	89	33	56
Un-Known	72	31	41
Non-resident Alien	3	2	1

Schenectady County Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

321 students (8.66% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 884 students (23.86% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Schenectady County Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Schenectady County Community College
	Number of Students
Total	3,705
Enrolled Online Exclusively	321
Enrolled Some Online Courses	884
Not in Online Courses	2,500

By age range, at Schenectady County Community College, 450 students are aged 20 to 24 (12.15% of total students), 2,652 students are aged below 20 (71.58%), 78 students are aged above 50 (3.29%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Schenectady County Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,705	1,593	2,112
Under 18	2,080	915	1,165
Age 18-19	572	289	283
Age 20-21	262	117	145
Age 22-24	188	70	118
Age 25-29	199	79	120
Age 30-34	123	40	83
Age 35-39	102	33	69
Age 40-49	101	27	74
Age 50-64	61	14	47
Over 64	17	9	8

Directory and Accreditation Information

Schenectady County Community College is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1974 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Schenectady County Community College.

78 Washington Avenue, Schenectady, NY

518-381-1200

School Website

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2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

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