{"id":24474,"date":"2019-07-22T15:15:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T19:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/?p=24474"},"modified":"2019-07-23T09:32:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:32:33","slug":"fsc-a-best-value-college-says-forbes-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/2019\/07\/22\/fsc-a-best-value-college-says-forbes-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"FSC a Best Value College, Says Forbes Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new <em>Forbes<\/em> poll of \u201cBest Value Colleges\u201d places Farmingdale State College in the top 24% of the nearly 700 colleges and universities reviewed for the poll. Only 300 schools were actually ranked. Public and private colleges and universities offering four-year degrees, in all 50 states, were evaluated.<\/p>\n<p>Farmingdale placed high in six areas: quality, net price, net debt, alumni earnings, timely graduation, access for low-income students. Said Forbes: \u201cOur focus highlights schools with the highest quality and best financial outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farmingdale\u2019s ranking was tops among SUNY colleges of technology, and second among SUNY Long Island schools.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also considered average federal debt load per student. Farmingdale students graduate with an average indebtedness of $16,000, compared to SUNY\u2019s $23,000 &#8211; $25,000 average.<\/p>\n<p>Farmingdale students not only graduate with a low debt load, they also find jobs right after graduation and earn competitive incomes, according to a College survey of 2017 \u2013 2018 graduates.<\/p>\n<p>The survey revealed that 94% of baccalaureate degree recipients are employed and\/or continuing their education within six months of graduation. Of that group, 73% are working full-time and 95% are working in Metro New York, with the majority (82%) working on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy-one percent of employed respondents are working in a new job related to their degree or continuing in a related job. Fifty-eight percent earn between $40,000 &#8211; $60,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard\/Department of Treasury, the median income of former Farmingdale students 10 years after graduation is $51, 700.<\/p>\n<p>And according to the SUNY gradwages Dashboard, among the College majors that produce the highest first-year earnings are Dental Hygiene ($50K), Mechanical Engineering Technology ($51K), Construction Management Engineering Technology ($51K), and Electrical Engineering Technology ($48K).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Forbes poll of \u201cBest Value Colleges\u201d places Farmingdale State College in the top 24% of the nearly 700 colleges and universities reviewed for the poll. Only 300 schools were actually ranked. Public and private colleges and universities offering four-year degrees, in all 50 states, were evaluated. Farmingdale placed high in six areas: quality, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":24713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24474"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24743,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24474\/revisions\/24743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}