Private for-profit · Community college
Access Careers
Hempstead, New York · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
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- Avg net price
- 90%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Access Careers is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Hempstead, New York (large suburb setting), enrolling 511 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Hempstead, New York
Hempstead is the most populous town in the U.S. state of New York. Although the settlers were from the new English colony of New Haven (established in 1638), later incorporated into Connecticut (1662), a patent was issued by the government of New Netherland after the settlers had purchased land from the local natives. Lufthansa United States had its headquarters in East Meadow, beginning in the 1970s, after it moved from Park Avenue in Manhattan, in order to save money. In 2019, the office had 206 employees; that year the headquarters moved to Uniondale. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 20 miles to New York, NY
- To the ocean
- 6 miles
- Nearest airport
- 10 miles to John F. Kennedy (JFK) · major hub
How Access Careers compares
Higher than 89% · #39 of 185 in New York
Higher than 66%
Lower than 96%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 62%
Percentiles compare Access Careers with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in New York.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White2.4%
- Black70%
- Hispanic15%
- Asian8.2%
- Other or multiracial4.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 511
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 5%
- First-generation students
- 60%
- Students over 25
- 59%
- Median family income
- $14,403
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 90%
- First-year retention
- 81%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,664
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $5,500
- Students with federal loans
- 3%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (511 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Access Careers funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 27°F
- Annual rain
- 45.3″
- Annual snow
- 18.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mineola, NY US station (1.6 mi from campus).
What Access Careers graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
Colleges near Access Careers
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Nassau Community College
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Molloy University
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Adelphi University
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New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Brittany Beauty Academy
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.