Tompkins Cortland Community College
Tompkins Cortland Community College offers hands-on training for careers in healthcare and skilled trades, including a "Pathways to Manufacturing" program. This five-week manufacturing program includes hands-on experience, industry credentials like OSHA-10, and guaranteed interviews with local manufacturing employers such as BorgWarner and Precision Filters. The college also facilitates SUNY Apprenticeships in advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and information technology, connecting students with paid training opportunities and direct job placement.
Programs Analyzed
Avg Grad Earnings
Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score
Tuition (In-State)
All Programs at Tompkins Cortland Community College
2 trade programs at Tompkins Cortland CC, 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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Nursing
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80 | $72,195/yr | $20,000 |
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Liberal Arts & Humanities
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38 | $24,591/yr | $11,500 |
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 2 trade and vocational programs at Tompkins Cortland Community 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.