Public · Community college

Eastern Suffolk BOCES

Sayville, New York · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$24,557
Avg net price
77%
Grad / completion
$63,394
Median earnings

Eastern Suffolk BOCES is a public certificate-granting institution in Sayville, New York (large suburb setting), enrolling 310 undergraduates.

PublicSmall · 310 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 79% admitCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Sayville, New York

Sayville is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The earliest known inhabitants of Sayville were the Secatogue tribe of the Algonquian peoples. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To the ocean
1 mile
Nearest airport
4 miles to Long Island MacArthur (ISP)

How Eastern Suffolk BOCES compares

Selectivity79.0%

More selective than 56% · #25 most selective of 57 in New York

Graduation rate77%

Higher than 72% · #77 of 185 in New York

First-year retention78%

Higher than 61%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$63,394

Higher than 97% · #17 of 148 in New York

Average net price$24,557

Cheaper than 19% · #136 cheapest of 175 in New York

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment310

Larger than 54%

Percentiles compare Eastern Suffolk BOCES 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

310undergrads
  • Women26585%
  • Men4515%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White16%
  • Black49%
  • Hispanic25%
  • Asian1.9%
  • Other or multiracial7.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
310
Student–faculty ratio
19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
53%
First-generation students
49%
Students over 25
62%
Median family income
$27,376

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 101 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From New York100%

Most first-years stay in state — Eastern Suffolk BOCES draws overwhelmingly from New York.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
Room & board
Total cost of attendance
Average net price
$24,557

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Admissions

Admission rate
79.0%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated
77%
First-year retention
78%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$45,571
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$63,394
Median debt at graduation
$9,500
Students with federal loans
41%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
56%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$165

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 (310 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
$23,446
$30–48k
$23,629
$48–75k
$25,214
$75–110k
$25,490
$110k+
$28,917

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?

Eastern Suffolk BOCES 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)
$63,394
Typical debt at graduation
$9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
15%
Out-earn a HS grad
76%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.5 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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$62,037
Men
$71,228

Men out-earn women by $9,191 (15%) 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
80°F
Winter low
26°F
Annual rain
49.9″
Annual snow
31.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.95.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Molloy Cercom, NY US station (1.2 mi from campus).

What Eastern Suffolk BOCES 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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Colleges near Eastern Suffolk BOCES

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.