Jefferson Community College is a public institution in Watertown, NY and 2,252 students. The average net price after financial aid is $11,355 per year.
About Jefferson Community College
A public 4-year urban university in Watertown, NY.
Jefferson Community College is a college in Watertown, NY. It enrolls roughly 2,252 students.
Your chances at this school
What admitted students look like here. Sign in to see how your own profile compares.
Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.
What strengthens an application here
- Depth in one or two activitiesSustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.
Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.
Admissions
What it actually takes to get into Jefferson Community College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.
Cost & financial aid
Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Jefferson Community College after grants and scholarships.
Net price by family income
Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.
Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.
Academics & majors
Where students at Jefferson Community College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.
Student body
Who attends Jefferson Community College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.
Race & ethnicity
- White29%
- Asian18%
- Hispanic5%
- Black4%
- Two or more races31%
- International14%
Gender
- Female59%
- Male41%
Outcomes after graduation
What Jefferson Community College graduates do next — and what they earn.
Is it worth it?
Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.
- Median earnings
- $40.0k
- Typical debt
- $7.7k
- Avg. net price
- $11.4k/yr
- These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
- Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
- Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
- Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.
What this means
$40k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 31% graduation rate is below the national average.
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