Public · Community college
Western Suffolk BOCES
Northport, New York · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 84%
- Grad / completion
- $49,667
- Median earnings
Western Suffolk BOCES is a public certificate-granting institution in Northport, New York (large suburb setting), enrolling 286 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Northport, New York
Northport is a village in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, United States. After Dutch interest a few years earlier, the land was sold by Chief Asharoken, head of the Matinecocks, to three Englishmen in 1656. Northport's annual Cow Harbor Day festival celebrates the history of the village, previously known as Great Cow Harbor. It is held annually on the Sunday of the third full weekend in September, and since 1977 following the Great Cow Harbor 10K held the day before. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 36 miles to New York, NY
- To the ocean
- 2 miles
- Nearest airport
- 14 miles to Long Island MacArthur (ISP)
How Western Suffolk BOCES compares
Higher than 82% · #55 of 185 in New York
Higher than 72%
Higher than 90% · #34 of 148 in New York
Lower than 33%
Lower than 78%
Larger than 52%
Percentiles compare Western 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
- Women20471%
- Men8229%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White43%
- Black16%
- Hispanic21%
- Asian7.7%
- Other or multiracial12%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 286
- Student–faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36%
- First-generation students
- 40%
- Students over 25
- 58%
- Median family income
- $26,611
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 84%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $53,875
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $49,667
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,339
- Students with federal loans
- 49%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 58%
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%.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Western 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)
- $49,667
- Typical debt at graduation
- $11,339
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 23%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 67%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 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 $22,888 (52%) 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
- 83°F
- Winter low
- 24°F
- Annual rain
- 48.5″
- Annual snow
- 31.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Centerport, NY US station (1.6 mi from campus).
What Western 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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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.