Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale State College offers hands-on training in programs like Dental Hygiene, utilizing a technologically advanced care center with 35 dental units and a seven-room radiology suite. The college also provides a Modern Manufacturing and Quality Assurance certificate program, which includes practical experience in machine tool operations, CAD/CAM, and 3D printing. For career connections, the Nexus Center helps students with job and internship placements, and the college has partnerships with companies like National Grid, which offers guaranteed interviews for graduates of their Natural Gas Technician Certificate Program.
Programs Analyzed
Avg Grad Earnings
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Tuition (In-State)
All Programs at Farmingdale State College
3 trade programs at Farmingdale State College, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Dental Assisting
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60 | $57,077/yr | $13,564 |
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Criminal Justice
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53 | $25,853/yr | — |
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Liberal Arts & Humanities
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34 | $22,443/yr | $11,000 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 3 trade and vocational programs at Farmingdale State College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.