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SUNY Schenectady County Community College

  • 2 Year
  • Schenectady, NY
  • 253 reviews
    C
    Overall Niche Grade
    How are grades calculated?
    1. Professors
      C
    2. Value
      C+
    3. Diversity
      C+
    4. Safety
      A
    5. Student Life
      C+
    6. Location
      B+
    Schenectady County CC is a public college located in Schenectady, New York in the Albany Area. It is a small institution with an enrollment of 2,144 undergraduate students. The Schenectady County CC acceptance rate is 100%. Popular majors include Liberal Arts and Humanities, Business, and Culinary Arts and Food Service. Graduating 25% of students, Schenectady County CC alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $25,700.
    About SUNY Schenectady County Community College...
    Athletic Division
    NJCAA Division III
    Athletic Conference
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    Address
    78 Washington Avenue
    Schenectady, NY 12305
    Branch of
    SUNY System
    Website
    sunysccc.edu
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    Admissions

    Acceptance Rate
    100%
    SAT Range
    —
    ACT Range
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    Application Fee
    $0
    SAT/ACT
    —
    High School GPA
    —

    Cost

    Net Price
    $3,902/ year
    National
    $15,523
    Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
    Average Total Aid Awarded
    $6,642/ year
    National
    $7,535
    Students Receiving Financial Aid
    87%

    Academics

    Professors
    C
    Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
    Student Faculty Ratio
    20:1
    Evening Degree Programs
    No
    68%
    of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.25 responses
    57%
    of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.23 responses
    83%
    of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.23 responses
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    Majors

    Most Popular Majors
    • Liberal Arts and Humanities
      86 Graduates
    • Business
      70 Graduates
    • Culinary Arts and Food Service
      59 Graduates
    • Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
      50 Graduates
    • Hospitality and Tourism Management
      39 Graduates
    • Human Services
      35 Graduates
    • Information Science
      32 Graduates
    • Paralegal
      21 Graduates
    • Health Professions
      20 Graduates
    • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
      19 Graduates

    Students

    Full-Time Enrollment
    2,144Undergrads
    Part-Time Undergrads
    4,444
    Undergrads Over 25
    21%
    Pell Grant
    68%
    Varsity Athletes
    4%
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    After College

    Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
    $31,000/ year
    National
    $33,028
    Graduation Rate
    25%
    National
    49%
    Employed 2 Years After Graduation
    87%
    National
    83%

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    SUNY Schenectady County Community College Reviews

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    If you aren't a complete fool and make an effort to understand some of the teachers you can do really well and take something from your experience. There are some very good teachers at this school who provide an excellent education, though, I would remiss to deny that some are lacking and put very little effort into teaching or are just disorganized or straight up confused but they are still quite easy to navigate and usually the teachers who mess up the most are the ones to throw you a bone. I think people are being a little too bougie and looking down on the school because they're like classist. There are a lot of teachers who work really hard! There are also a lot of weird kids which is fun. And, you know, actual Black People.
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    SUNY Schenectady County Community College is quite a nice campus. Its small size and compact quarters makes getting to classes far easier than navigating other expansive campuses. The tuition is quite reasonable and the appearance itself is homely. Although, the setup of having some of its online features, such as Blackboard, fail when the campus itself loses power should be fixed so that students who need to hand in assignments can do so and not be limited to the campus hours. Additionally, there should be tutors for at the minimum, all the general education credits, as what I have learned is there is no tutor for General Chemistry Level 2 or Calculus 2. How can students be expected to perform well if help is not available? The food is also fairly pricey, $5 for three inconsistently sized chicken tenders, but then again, when is campus food not so pricey?
    My overall experience with SCCC was good. Most of the faculty were kind and wanted to see the Students succeed. The only downsides of the school is that some of the teachers I had to take classes with did not care about the students or their growth. There were multiple cases where I had to go to the dean to express concerns about the teacher due to them being extremely unkind to students, making it hard for them to succeed in the class.
    Other than this, the other faculty that I was fortunate to have as my teachers genuinely cared about student growth and the overall success of the class. I received help from many members of the college in order to help me receive opportunities that I would not have gotten if not for them.