Program Payoff

Computer Science programs in New York

33 schools in New York teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $30,409 at CUNY LaGuardia Community College.

What this work pays in New York

Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180 a year across 113,510 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in New York
Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,30048,050
Data Scientists$130,46023,970
Web and Digital Interface Designers$120,99016,560
Computer Occupations, All Other$116,99011,460
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$121,24010,460

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City Associate's degree $30,409 (13 grads) 139
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York Associate's degree $9,223 not published 142
Monroe Community College Rochester Associate's degree $9,500 not published 23
CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx Associate's degree not published 19
CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx Associate's degree not published 2
CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn Associate's degree not published 23
CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn Associate's degree not published 3
CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn Associate's degree not published 27
CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside Associate's degree not published 68
Cayuga County Community College Auburn Associate's degree not published 1
Columbia-Greene Community College Hudson Associate's degree not published 6
Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie Associate's degree not published 22
Erie Community College Buffalo Associate's degree not published 11
Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua Associate's degree not published 6
Fulton-Montgomery Community College Johnstown Associate's degree not published 4
Herkimer County Community College Herkimer Associate's degree not published 3
Jamestown Community College Jamestown Associate's degree not published 12
Jefferson Community College Watertown Associate's degree not published 3
Mohawk Valley Community College Utica Associate's degree not published 9
Nassau Community College Garden City Associate's degree not published 21
Niagara County Community College Sanborn Associate's degree not published 6
Onondaga Community College Syracuse Associate's degree not published 22
Orange County Community College Middletown Associate's degree not published 13
SUNY Adirondack Queensbury Associate's degree not published 4
SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton Associate's degree not published 7
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred Associate's degree not published 2
SUNY Corning Community College Corning Associate's degree not published 5
SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla Associate's degree not published 18
Schenectady County Community College Schenectady Associate's degree not published 7
Suffolk County Community College Selden Associate's degree not published 21
Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden Associate's degree not published 4
Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge Associate's degree not published 9
University at Buffalo Buffalo Undergraduate certificate not published 0

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.