CUNY Queens College is harder to get into (64% vs 69% admitted), and students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $1,272 vs $18,266 a year.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$30,376
$12,914
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$18,266
$1,272
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$39,476
$9,222
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University at Albany
CUNY Queens College
Under $30,000
$12,868
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$30,000–$48,000
$14,111
$90
$48,000–$75,000
$18,712
$3,302
$75,000–$110,000
$21,948
$6,891
Over $110,000
$25,804
$11,077
After you start
Measure
University at Albany
CUNY Queens College
Undergrads
12,564
12,550
Graduate within 6 years
64%
60%
Come back for year two
83%
79%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$72,751
$68,324
Median debt at graduation
$19,500
$10,500
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers