New York Trade Schools: Cost, Completion & Earnings (2026 stats)

Analysis & insights

EDsmart Data aggregates institution-level College Scorecard data for this profile. Highlights below compare local medians to U.S. and regional benchmarks.

Costs & borrowing

Median graduate debt is $9,500 (0.0% below the U.S. median of $9,500, and -0.1% vs the Mid East regional median of $9,512). Low sticker prices do not always mean low borrowing—living costs, time-to-degree, and aid mix matter.

Student debt rank: #18 nationally of 58 (lower debt = better rank); #3 in Mid East of 6 (1 = lowest median debt).

Earnings, employment & retention

Among bachelor's-predominant campuses with ≥200 students, median 10-year earnings in New York are $45,390, about +13.8% vs the U.S. campus median ($39,899).

The median campus reports 87.7% of its 8-year cohort as working and not enrolled—our closest federal proxy to a placement rate. The U.S. campus median is 85.5% (+2.2 pp). Formal job-placement statistics are not published in Scorecard; treat this as a comparative outcome indicator, not a hire guarantee.

First-year, full-time retention at the median campus is 79.2% vs a U.S. median of 65.2%—a leading indicator for completion and time-to-degree.

Loan repayment indicators at the median campus: 2-yr default 10.0% (U.S. 11.1%); 3-yr repayment progress 53.2% (U.S. 50.5%). 3-yr default is omitted when most campuses report suppressed zeros.

Nationally, New York ranks earnings #5 and employment proxy #11 on these outcome medians (1 = best).

Top employment-outcome campuses in this extract include Orange Ulster BOCES (96.7%), Center for Allied Health Education (95.9%), Electrical and HVAC/R Training Center (93.8%), Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program (93.5%), SUNY College of Technology at Alfred (93.4%), Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing (93.0%), SUNY College of Technology at Delhi (92.9%), SUNY Morrisville (92.1%), Erie 1 BOCES (92.0%), Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing Program (91.5%)—useful anchors for local reporting on where graduates are most often working rather than still enrolled.

Completion & workforce context

Within New York, sector medians diverge: Private for-profit median 10-yr earnings $35,563 (53 campuses); Private nonprofit median 10-yr earnings $37,878 (19 campuses); Public median 10-yr earnings $48,196 (53 campuses). Public campuses often dominate enrollment while private nonprofits can show higher earnings medians at selective institutions.

Average institution-level completion rate across all sectors in New York is 76.6% (national institution average about 66.8%).