10-yr median earnings
$40,658
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Liverpool, New York
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES is a public institution in Liverpool, New York. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $19,002
- Avg net price / yr
- $40,658
- 10-yr median earnings
- 76.5%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES posts above-median former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 50%
- former-student earnings, US
- 76.5%
- 150%-time completion
- +9%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C+
College Value Score
60/100
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings D
$40,658
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$19,002
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A-
76.5%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt A+
$6,419
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
48.6%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$19,002
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
76.5%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 76.5%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$40,658 Top 50% higher than 50% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $40,658 | #2576 of 5103 | 50th |
| Average net price | $19,002 | #2886 of 5020 | 43rd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 76.5% | #909 of 4858 | 81st |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 354 | #3148 of 5462 | 42nd |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
354
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
76.5%
150%-time completion
$40,658
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES ranks in New York
State rank among 299 reporting New York colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $40,658 | #209 of 299 | 30th |
| Average net price | $19,002 | #182 of 328 | 45th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 76.5% | #81 of 322 | 75th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 354 | #201 of 367 | 45th |
Highest former-student earnings in New York
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | $131,426 | $29,882 |
| 2 | Helene Fuld College of Nursing | $111,027 | $47,181 |
| 3 | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University | $109,601 | - |
| 4 | Center for Allied Health Education | $107,249 | $48,150 |
| 5 | Miami Ad School-New York | $106,192 | - |
| 6 | St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens | $104,403 | $26,315 |
| 7 | Cornell University | $104,043 | $28,690 |
| 8 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University | $104,043 | - |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | $102,491 | $21,590 |
| 10 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $102,051 | $36,228 |
| 11 | Cochran School of Nursing | $99,503 | - |
| 12 | Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing | $96,980 | - |
| 209 | Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCESThis school | $40,658 | $19,002 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$18,515 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$19,597 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$19,974 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$22,908 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $19,002 |
60.9%
Pell Grant Rate
60.7%
Federal Loan Rate
$6,419
Median Debt
$68/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $8,703 to $18,233 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +77.6%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$8,703
Highest year
$18,233
Most recent (2023)
$15,459
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $8,7032023 · $15,459
Over the same years, enrollment went -32.0% (503 → 342 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
54.4%
Female
44.5%
First Generation
Outcomes
$37,223
Median Earnings (6yr)
53.8%
Earning Over $25K
48.6%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 76.5% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $37,223 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $40,658 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 53.8% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 48.6% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $6,419 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $68/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Top programs at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Heating, Air Conditioning,…
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)
$53,726 median earnings
- Practical Nursing, Vocatio…
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
$52,349 median earnings
- Precision Metal Working
Precision Metal Working
$46,004 median earnings
- Electrical/Electronics Mai…
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
$44,234 median earnings
- Vehicle Maintenance and Re…
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
$41,507 median earnings
- Construction Trades, General
Construction Trades, General
$37,884 median earnings
- Dental Support Services an…
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
$36,830 median earnings
- Clinical/Medical Laborator…
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
$36,785 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES? ▼
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES is a public institution in Liverpool, New York. Undergraduate enrollment is 354 students.
How much do Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $40,658 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $37,223.
How much does Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES cost? ▼
The average net price at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES is $19,002.. Median student debt at graduation is $6,419.
What is the graduation rate at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES? ▼
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES has a 76.5% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES is $6,419, while former students earn a median of $40,658 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 16% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 48.6% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $68.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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