Which Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES certificate program has the lowest debt?

Office Administration graduates leave with a median of $6,715 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $15,417 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $19,002.

How many Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES programs report graduate pay?

9 certificate programs at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public school
Liverpool, NY
354 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES certificate programs report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays the most in the first year ($42,279), and Construction Trades the least ($24,129). The median program pays $31,400.

Tuition for the largest program$15,417Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$19,002After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate73%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 9 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Practical NursingAbout 63 graduates a year	$42,279	$49,455	$14,093	21st of 33
2	HVACAbout 26 graduates a year	$42,145	$49,101	$7,422	1st of 3
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 47 graduates a year	$39,730	$47,169	$8,326	2nd of 3
4	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 4 graduates a year	$33,804	Not reported	$7,156	1st of 2
5	Office AdministrationAbout 15 graduates a year	$31,400	$34,958	$6,715	1st of 3
6	Electronics RepairAbout 38 graduates a year	$30,146	$39,329	$8,448	2nd of 2
7	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 16 graduates a year	$26,459	$33,125	$8,233	11th of 15
8	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year	$26,253	$34,926	$9,024	6th of 7
9	Construction TradesAbout 14 graduates a year	$24,129	Not reported	$8,233	1st of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Practical Nursing$42,279
HVAC$42,145
Welding and Machining$39,730
Medical Laboratory Science$33,804
Office Administration$31,400

Lowest median debt

Office Administration$6,715
Medical Laboratory Science$7,156
HVAC$7,422
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$8,233
Construction Trades$8,233

Largest programs

Practical NursingAbout 63 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 47 graduates a year
Electronics RepairAbout 38 graduates a year
HVACAbout 26 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year

Common questions

Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $42,279 in their first year, the most of 9 Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels