Private for-profit · Community college

Allen School-Jamaica

Jamaica, New York · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $30,563
Avg net price: 79%
Grad / completion: $34,186
Median earnings

Allen School-Jamaica is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Jamaica, New York (large city setting), enrolling 67 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 67 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersNear the coast

About Jamaica, New York

Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The semivowel "y" sound of English is spelled with a "j" in Dutch, the language of the first people to write about the area; the English retained the Dutch spelling but replaced the semivowel sound with the affricate sound that the letter "j" usually represents in English. Baisley Pond Park has over 100 acres (0.40 km2) of outdoor recreational space, including a 30-acre (0.12 km2) pond. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 11 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 4 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to John F. Kennedy (JFK) · major hub

How Allen School-Jamaica compares

Graduation rate79%

Higher than 75% · #68 of 185 in New York

First-year retention68%

Higher than 39%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,186

Higher than 46% · #107 of 148 in New York

Average net price$30,563

Cheaper than 7% · #152 cheapest of 175 in New York

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment67

Larger than 19%

Percentiles compare Allen School-Jamaica 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 gender

Women6191%
Men69%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

Black46%
Hispanic24%
Asian6.0%
Other or multiracial24%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 67
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 97%
First-generation students: 63%
Students over 25: 50%
Median family income: $14,427

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $30,563

Outcomes

Graduated: 79%
First-year retention: 68%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $31,149
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,186
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 93%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

79%

Low-income (Pell)

71%

First-generation

72%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $100

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$30,528

$30–48k

$30,610

$48–75k

$32,530

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Allen School-Jamaica 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.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $34,186
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 28%
Out-earn a HS grad: 32%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$34,220

Men

$33,431

Women out-earn men by $789 (2%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 84°F
Winter low: 26°F
Annual rain: 43.3″
Annual snow: 25.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New York Jfk Intl AP, NY US station (4.9 mi from campus).

What Allen School-Jamaica graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

171 grads$30k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$10k debt

171$29,867$35,358$9,500 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

— grads— 1 yr$30k 5 yr— debt

——$29,956—Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$34k 5 yr— debt

——$34,010—

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.

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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.