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.

Private nonprofitSmall · 483 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

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

Graduation rate46%

Higher than 32% · #33 of 52 in Massachusetts

First-year retention50%

Higher than 11%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$57,556

Higher than 95% · #6 of 34 in Massachusetts

Average net price$15,488

Cheaper than 49% · #23 cheapest of 52 in Massachusetts

Median debt at graduation$12,000

Lower than 29%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment483

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

483undergrads
  • 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)

All students
0%
Low-income (Pell)
45%

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.

< $30k
$13,664
$30–48k
$15,595
$48–75k
$15,357
$75–110k
$19,321
$110k+
$21,375

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.

Est. total to a degree
$84,464

$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.

87%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$5,296
average award, among those who get one

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.

Strong value

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

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Boston Logan Intl AP, MA US station (3.2 mi from campus).

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.