Public · Community college
Erie 1 BOCES
West Seneca, New York · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $12,987
- Avg net price
- 96%
- Grad / completion
- $47,114
- Median earnings
Erie 1 BOCES is a public certificate-granting institution in West Seneca, New York (large suburb setting), enrolling 383 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About West Seneca, New York
West Seneca is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. Because the town is on land of the former Buffalo Creek Reservation, it was not open to European settlement until the mid-19th century. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to Buffalo, NY
- To Great Lakes shore
- 4 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Buffalo Niagara (BUF) · major hub
How Erie 1 BOCES compares
Higher than 95% · #29 of 185 in New York
Higher than 50%
Higher than 87% · #47 of 148 in New York
Cheaper than 58% · #60 cheapest of 175 in New York
Lower than 57%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 58%
Percentiles compare Erie 1 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
- Women30279%
- Men8121%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White53%
- Black33%
- Hispanic6.3%
- Asian3.4%
- Other or multiracial4.2%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 383
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
- First-generation students
- 45%
- Students over 25
- 54%
- Median family income
- $21,028
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
- $12,987
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
- 96%
- First-year retention
- 73%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $43,451
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $47,114
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Students with federal loans
- 61%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 41%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
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 3 campuses (383 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.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Erie 1 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)
- $47,114
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 20%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 66%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 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.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $6,257 (13%) 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
- 19°F
- Annual rain
- 40.7″
- Annual snow
- 95.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Buffalo, NY US station (7.2 mi from campus).
What Erie 1 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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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.