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Community-college transfer rates in New York

Community colleges in New York ranked by reported transfer rate — the share of full-time first-time entrants who continued at another institution within 150% of program length. For students using community college as a stepping stone toward a bachelor's degree, this is the single most predictive comparison metric.

  1. American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral ServiceNew York, NY75%
  2. Samaritan Hospital School of NursingTroy, NY50%
  3. SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamton, NY34%
  4. Sullivan County Community CollegeLoch Sheldrake, NY24%
  5. Ulster County Community CollegeStone Ridge, NY24%
  6. Herkimer County Community CollegeHerkimer, NY21%
  7. Schenectady County Community CollegeSchenectady, NY21%
  8. Cayuga County Community CollegeAuburn, NY21%
  9. North Country Community CollegeSaranac Lake, NY21%
  10. SUNY Corning Community CollegeCorning, NY21%
  11. Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, NY20%
  12. Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, NY20%
  13. Orange County Community CollegeMiddletown, NY20%
  14. Jefferson Community CollegeWatertown, NY20%
  15. CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community CollegeNew York, NY19%
  16. CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, NY19%
  17. Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie, NY19%
  18. CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, NY19%
  19. Genesee Community CollegeBatavia, NY19%
  20. Rockland Community CollegeSuffern, NY19%
  21. Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, NY18%
  22. Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden, NY18%
  23. CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, NY18%
  24. Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, NY17%
  25. Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, NY17%
  26. CUNY Hostos Community CollegeBronx, NY17%
  27. CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, NY16%
  28. Monroe Community CollegeRochester, NY16%
  29. Fulton-Montgomery Community CollegeJohnstown, NY16%
  30. Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, NY16%
  31. SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhalla, NY15%
  32. SUNY AdirondackQueensbury, NY15%
  33. Columbia-Greene Community CollegeHudson, NY14%
  34. Jamestown Community CollegeJamestown, NY14%
  35. Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, NY14%
  36. CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx, NY14%
  37. Clinton Community CollegePlattsburgh, NY13%
  38. Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, NY11%
  39. AMG School of NursingBrooklyn, NY6%

How transfer rates are calculated

The transfer rate reported by the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard is the share of full-time first-time degree-seeking students at a two-year institution who transferred to another postsecondary institution within 150% of the normal time to program completion. It does not distinguish between transfers to four-year institutions and transfers to other two-year colleges, and it does not measure whether the receiving institution accepted the credits. Treat the figure as a directional indicator of how often students leave the community college for further postsecondary work, not as a precise measure of bachelor's-degree pipeline strength.

For a complete transfer assessment of any New York community college on this list, ask three follow-up questions of the institution directly: (1) Which four-year institutions does the college maintain articulation agreements with, and on what fields of study? (2) For students who transferred to a public New York four-year university last year, what share of community-college credits were accepted on a course-for-course basis? (3) Does the institution participate in any statewide New York transfer guarantee or reverse-transfer program? Strong answers to all three questions matter more than the headline transfer rate.

If you are intending to transfer outside New York, you should also confirm that the receiving institution will accept the community college's regional accreditation. The accreditor for each college is listed on its full profile.