Private for-profit · Community college

Berk Trade and Business School

Long Island City, New York · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $16,770
Avg net price: 95%
Grad / completion: $49,748
Median earnings

Berk Trade and Business School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Long Island City, New York (large city setting), enrolling 152 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 152 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersNear the coast

About Long Island City, New York

Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. At the time of its incorporation, Long Island City had between 12,000 and 15,000 residents. City ordinances could be passed by a majority vote of the Board of Aldermen and the mayor's signature. Long Island City was the home of 5 Pointz, a building housing artists' studios, which was legally painted on by a number of graffiti artists and was prominently visible near the Court Square station on the 7 and <7> trains. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 5 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 4 miles to LaGuardia (LGA) · major hub

How Berk Trade and Business School compares

Graduation rate95%

Higher than 94% · #30 of 185 in New York

Earnings, 10 years after entry$49,748

Higher than 90% · #33 of 148 in New York

Average net price$16,770

Cheaper than 44% · #92 cheapest of 175 in New York

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment152

Larger than 37%

Percentiles compare Berk Trade and Business School 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

Women32%
Men14998%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White9.9%
Black37%
Hispanic47%
Asian5.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 152
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 37%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 49%
Median family income: $15,774

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: $16,770

Outcomes

Graduated: 95%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $45,195
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $49,748
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 25%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 40%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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

$16,063

$30–48k

$17,063

$48–75k

$17,134

$75–110k

$16,730

$110k+

$16,563

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?

Berk Trade and Business School 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): $49,748
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 13%
Out-earn a HS grad: 45%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.3 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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 85°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 49.5″
Annual snow: 29.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New York Cntrl PK Twr, NY US station (3.1 mi from campus).

What Berk Trade and Business School graduates study — and earn

Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

109 grads$31k 1 yr$44k 5 yr$6k debt

109$31,116$43,525$6,333 Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services

28 grads$23k 1 yr$42k 5 yr$6k debt

28$22,660$41,720$6,333

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.