How Tuition Changes over Past 5 Years for New York Community Colleges

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average tuition & fees of New York Community Colleges is $16,558. Compared to last year's tuition, the 2025 tuition & fees of New York Community Colleges is increased by 2.92%.

Over the past 5 years, the tuition & fees of New York Community Colleges has increased by 9.91% from $15,065 to $16,558.

5-Year Tuition Increase Rate Distribution

The following breakdown shows how tuition rates have changed over the past 5 years for 86 schools in New York Community Colleges:

Over the 5-year period, 13 schools (16%) experienced tuition increases exceeding 20%, 25 schools (30.9%) saw increases between 10% and 20%, 19 schools (23.5%) had moderate increases of 5% to 10%, 14 schools (17.3%) experienced minimal increases under 5%, and 10 schools (12.3%) actually decreased or stayed the same.

  • 13 schools (16%) - Tuition increased by more than 20%
  • 25 schools (30.9%) - Tuition increased by 10% to 20%
  • 19 schools (23.5%) - Tuition increased by 5% to 10%
  • 14 schools (17.3%) - Tuition increased by 0% to 5%
  • 10 schools (12.3%) - Tuition decreased

You can check 2025 tuition & fees along with living costs and other college expenses at New York Community Colleges tuition comparison table.

Comparison Table of Tuition Changes for New York Community Colleges

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Tuition Inflation from 2020 to 2025 at New York Community Colleges
School Name2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-255-Year Inflation Rate
SUNY AdirondackQueensbury, NY$8,304$8,256
0.58%
$8,632
4.55%
$9,192
6.49%
$9,616
4.61%
15.80%
The Ailey SchoolNew York, NY$13,365$13,789
3.17%
$13,789$14,235
3.23%
$14,817
4.09%
10.86%
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New YorkNew York, NY$37,230$37,230$38,325
2.94%
$39,475
3.00%
$40,650
2.98%
9.19%
American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral ServiceNew York, NY$18,292$18,292$18,292$20,018
9.44%
$20,018 9.44%
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira, NY$28,972$21,240
26.69%
$21,240$21,708
2.20%
$22,710
4.62%
21.61%
SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamton, NY$11,224$11,420
1.75%
$11,984
4.94%
$12,942
7.99%
$14,288
10.40%
27.30%
St Paul's School of Nursing-QueensRego Park, NY$20,871$21,270
1.91%
$21,069
0.94%
$17,556
16.67%
$17,433
0.70%
16.47%
Cayuga County Community CollegeAuburn, NY$10,876$11,284
3.75%
$11,284$11,598
2.78%
$12,336
6.36%
13.42%
Circle in the Square Theatre SchoolNew York, NY$19,540$21,540
10.24%
$22,540
4.64%
$24,085
6.85%
$25,110
4.26%
28.51%
Clinton Community CollegePlattsburgh, NY$12,377$12,377$6,831
44.81%
$6,831$6,831 44.81%
Cochran School of NursingYonkers, NY$8,851$10,020
13.21%
$10,238
2.18%
$10,238$10,038
1.95%
13.41%
Columbia-Greene Community CollegeHudson, NY$10,584$10,584$10,872
2.72%
$11,160
2.65%
$11,448
2.58%
8.16%
SUNY Corning Community CollegeCorning, NY$9,052$9,230
1.97%
$9,230$9,230$10,326
11.87%
14.07%
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse HospitalEast Syracuse, NY$15,825$16,624
5.05%
$17,293
4.02%
$17,528
1.36%
$21,213
21.02%
34.05%
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, NY$8,050$8,050$8,050$8,050$8,050-
CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx, NY$8,086$8,086$8,086$8,086$8,086-
CUNY Hostos Community CollegeBronx, NY$8,088$8,088$8,088$8,088$8,134
0.57%
0.57%
CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, NY$8,132$8,132$8,132$8,132$8,132-
CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, NY$8,098$8,098$8,098$8,098$8,098-
CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, NY$8,090$8,090$8,090$8,090$8,090-
CVPH Medical Center School of Radiologic TechnologyPlattsburgh, NY$19,750$19,750$19,750$19,750$19,750-
Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie, NY$9,246$9,426
1.95%
$9,774
3.69%
$10,146
3.81%
$10,670
5.16%
15.40%
Belanger School of NursingSchenectady, NY$10,664$10,664$11,014
3.28%
$11,928
8.30%
$12,247
2.67%
14.84%
Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, NY$10,769$10,769$11,150
3.54%
$11,300
1.35%
$11,300 4.93%
Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, NY$6,508$6,710
3.10%
$6,946
3.52%
$8,250
18.77%
$8,442
2.33%
29.72%
Fulton-Montgomery Community CollegeJohnstown, NY$5,718$5,718$5,862
2.52%
$6,654
13.51%
$6,798
2.16%
18.89%
Genesee Community CollegeBatavia, NY$5,640$5,840
3.55%
$6,040
3.42%
$6,400
5.96%
$6,500
1.56%
15.25%
Herkimer County Community CollegeHerkimer, NY$8,990$8,990$5,776
35.75%
$5,776$5,776 35.75%
Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, NY$10,764$10,764$10,818
0.50%
$11,750
8.62%
$11,852
0.87%
10.11%
Hunter Business SchoolLevittown, NY$13,490$13,490$14,490
7.41%
$14,825
2.31%
$15,225
2.70%
12.86%
Island Drafting and Technical InstituteAmityville, NY$16,950$16,950$18,450
8.85%
$19,200
4.07%
$19,200 13.27%
Jamestown Community CollegeJamestown, NY$11,536$11,540
0.03%
$11,750
1.82%
$12,040
2.47%
$6,840
43.19%
40.71%
Jefferson Community CollegeWatertown, NY$10,608$5,688
46.38%
$5,832
2.53%
$6,048
3.70%
$11,700
93.45%
10.29%
Long Island Business InstituteFlushing, NY$10,416$11,066
6.24%
$11,500
3.92%
$12,000
4.35%
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Mandl School-The College of Allied HealthNew York, NY$14,600$15,100
3.42%
$19,100
26.49%
$20,080
5.13%
$21,700
8.07%
48.63%
St. Peter's Hospital College of NursingAlbany, NY$13,921$14,292
2.67%
$14,292$14,756
3.25%
$15,358
4.08%
10.32%
Memorial Hospital School of Radiation Therapy TechnologyNew York, NY$5,000$5,450
9.00%
$5,450$5,250
3.67%
$5,250 5.00%
Mildred Elley School-Albany CampusAlbany, NY$13,509$13,873
2.69%
$14,253
2.74%
$15,865
11.31%
$15,865 17.44%
Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, NY$7,798$7,798$8,211
5.30%
$8,695
5.89%
$8,851
1.79%
13.50%
Monroe Community CollegeRochester, NY$10,368$10,368$10,468
0.96%
$10,756
2.75%
$11,056
2.79%
6.64%
Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, NY$12,130$12,130$12,130$12,130$12,130-
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the TheaterNew York City, NY$17,400$17,400$18,100
4.02%
$18,400
1.66%
$19,000
3.26%
9.20%
New York School for Medical and Dental AssistantsLong Island City, NY$23,800$23,800$23,800$26,000
9.24%
$26,400
1.54%
10.92%
Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, NY$10,253$10,423
1.66%
$11,205
7.50%
$11,862
5.86%
$12,030
1.42%
17.33%
North Country Community CollegeSaranac Lake, NY$13,734$13,734$13,734$13,735
0.01%
$9,370
31.78%
31.78%
Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, NY$10,844$10,844$11,080
2.18%
$11,332
2.27%
$11,392
0.53%
5.05%
Orange County Community CollegeMiddletown, NY$11,470$11,470$11,806
2.93%
$12,046
2.03%
$12,334
2.39%
7.53%
Rockland Community CollegeSuffern, NY$10,728$11,332
5.63%
$11,332$11,353
0.19%
$6,862
39.56%
36.04%
St. Joseph's College of NursingSyracuse, NY$22,156$22,569
1.86%
$23,321
3.33%
$23,321$23,816
2.12%
7.49%
Samaritan Hospital School of NursingTroy, NY$14,292$14,292$14,292$14,671
2.65%
$15,358
4.68%
7.46%
Schenectady County Community CollegeSchenectady, NY$10,432$10,432$10,768
3.22%
$8,636
19.80%
$8,974
3.91%
13.98%
Saint Elizabeth College of NursingUtica, NY$23,000$23,000$30,000
30.43%
$30,000$30,000 30.43%
St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten IslandStaten Island, NY$17,731$18,075
1.94%
$17,300
4.29%
$17,525
1.30%
$17,492
0.19%
1.35%
Sullivan County Community CollegeLoch Sheldrake, NY$11,518$11,516
0.02%
$11,491
0.22%
$11,761
2.35%
$12,132
3.15%
5.33%
Swedish Institute a College of Health SciencesNew York, NY$24,040$26,041
8.32%
$27,450
5.41%
$27,450$29,079
5.93%
20.96%
Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden, NY$12,202$12,280
0.64%
$12,558
2.26%
$12,831
2.17%
$12,855
0.19%
5.35%
Ulster County Community CollegeStone Ridge, NY$10,620$10,620$11,020
3.77%
$11,656
5.77%
$12,146
4.20%
14.37%
SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhalla, NY$12,226$12,414
1.54%
$12,450
0.29%
$12,486
0.29%
$12,486 2.13%
Word of Life Bible InstitutePottersville, NY$11,204$11,204$11,400
1.75%
$11,500
0.88%
$11,500 2.64%
Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, NY$11,447$11,740
2.56%
$11,740$12,080
2.90%
$12,460
3.15%
8.85%
Seminar L'moros Bais YaakovBrooklyn, NY$9,850$10,000
1.52%
$11,100
11.00%
$11,500
3.60%
$12,500
8.70%
26.90%
School of Professional Horticulture, New York Botanical GardenBronx, NY$8,000$8,000$8,000$8,750
9.38%
$8,750 9.38%
Western Suffolk BOCESNorthport, NY$43,050$43,050$44,560
3.51%
$44,560$46,000
3.23%
6.85%
Manhattan School of Computer TechnologyBrooklyn, NY$4,000$4,000$4,316
7.90%
$4,670
8.20%
$4,950
6.00%
23.75%
New York Conservatory for Dramatic ArtsNew York, NY$34,400$36,350
5.67%
$36,400
0.14%
$37,200
2.20%
$38,550
3.63%
12.06%
Merkaz Bnos-Business SchoolBrooklyn, NY$28,300$28,300$28,300$31,200
10.25%
$31,300
0.32%
10.60%
New York Automotive and Diesel InstituteJamaica, NY$36,200$36,200$38,600
6.63%
$38,600$42,200
9.33%
16.57%
Ace Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY$11,850$11,850$11,125
6.12%
$11,125$11,125 6.12%
Center for Allied Health EducationBrooklyn, NY$56,475$56,475$59,425
5.22%
$61,175
2.94%
$61,175 8.32%
New York Medical Career Training CenterFlushing, NY$25,100$28,100
11.95%
$28,100$29,500
4.98%
$31,500
6.78%
25.50%
Mildred Elley-New York CampusNew York, NY$14,973$15,381
2.72%
$15,813
2.81%
$17,926
13.36%
$17,926 19.72%
Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health SciencesGeneva, NY$12,690$12,880
1.50%
$12,880$12,820
0.47%
$13,620
6.24%
7.33%
CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community CollegeNew York, NY$8,074$8,074$8,074$8,074$8,074-
Miami Ad School-New YorkAstoria, NY$19,400$19,400$19,400$19,400$19,400-
Digital Film AcademyNew York, NY$17,555$21,150
20.48%
$17,890
15.41%
$18,072
1.02%
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Center for Ultrasound Research & EducationWhite Plains, NY$39,450$37,450
5.07%
$47,700
27.37%
$47,700$57,280
20.08%
45.20%
AMG School of NursingBrooklyn, NY$30,000$30,000$32,500
8.33%
$32,500$34,450
6.00%
14.83%
Montefiore School of NursingMount Vernon, NY$12,067$12,572
4.18%
-$27,024$26,912
0.41%
123.02%
Bnos Zion Of Bobov SeminaryBrooklyn, NY$8,400$8,400$9,450
12.50%
$9,450$10,250
8.47%
22.02%
Ohel Margulia SeminaryMonsey, NY$8,300$8,300$9,100
9.64%
$9,500
4.40%
$9,700
2.11%
16.87%
New York SeminaryBrooklyn, NY$11,900$11,900$11,900$12,750
7.14%
$12,750 7.14%
Derech Hachaim SeminaryMonroe, NY$11,000$11,000$11,000$11,000$11,000-
Bard College - Brooklyn Public LibraryBrooklyn, NY------
Bard College - New York Public Library, Countee Cullen BranchNew York, NY------
Bryant & Stratton College-SyracuseSyracuse, NY$18,018$18,786
4.26%
$18,432
1.88%
$19,323
4.83%
$19,699
1.95%
9.33%
Austin Medical Assistant TrainingForest Hills, NY---$11,000$11,000-
Average$15,065$15,167
0.68%
$15,447
1.85%
$16,088
4.15%
$16,558
2.92%
9.91%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)

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