Private nonprofit · Community college
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Boston, Massachusetts · Large city
- 7%
- Transfer rate
- $15,488
- Avg net price
- 46%
- Grad / completion
- $57,556
- Median earnings
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Boston, Massachusetts (large city setting), enrolling 483 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.
About Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. In 1630, settlers led by John Winthrop arrived, and found Shawmut Peninsula nearly empty of Native people. Most had died of European diseases borne by earlier settlers and traders. Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as the Boston accent and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 1 mile to Boston, MA
- To the ocean
- 1 mile
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Boston Logan (BOS) · major hub
How Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology compares
Higher than 32% · #33 of 52 in Massachusetts
Higher than 11%
Higher than 95% · #6 of 34 in Massachusetts
Cheaper than 49% · #23 cheapest of 52 in Massachusetts
Lower than 29%
Lower than 82%
Larger than 61%
Percentiles compare Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology 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 Massachusetts.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women5311%
- Men43089%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White10%
- Black29%
- Hispanic39%
- Asian6.6%
- Other or multiracial15%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 483
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 33%
- Median family income
- $22,015
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $72,225
- Endowment
- $1,820,755
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $18,906
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $1,800
- Total cost of attendance
- $30,406
- Average net price
- $15,488
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 46%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Transferred to another college
- 7%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $50,583
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $57,556
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,000
- Students with federal loans
- 37%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 44%
About 46% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
- Free
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 (744 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.
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.
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.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$15,357/year × about 5.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 87% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $5,296. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 134 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $57,556
- Typical debt at graduation
- $12,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 21%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 61%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 23°F
- Annual rain
- 43.6″
- Annual snow
- 49.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Boston Logan Intl AP, MA US station (3.2 mi from campus).
What Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology 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.
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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.











