Finger Lakes Community College

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#6468 / #1709
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college in Canandaigua, New York, U.S.

Finger Lakes Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#1709
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$6,490
Graduation rate
31%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
2,980

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Finger Lakes Community College Featured Rankings

About Finger Lakes Community College

According to Wikipedia, Finger Lakes Community College is a public community college in Canandaigua, New York. It is affiliated with the State University of New York and sponsored by Ontario County. The main campus is just east of the City of Canandaigua, with additional campus centers in Victor, Geneva, and Newark to serve the needs of Ontario County, Wayne County, Yates County and Seneca County in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

Finger Lakes Community College's Online Degrees

AAS in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Hospitality and Tourism Management Event and Tourism Management Track
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Marketing
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Computer Science
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Computer Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Game Programming and Design
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AAS in Networking and Cybersecurity
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
Certificate in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
Certificate in Teaching Assistant
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
  • Format: Fully online
AA in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in French
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 61
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Communications
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Fine Arts
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Human Services
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Health Care Studies
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Kinesiology and Human Performance
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AAS in Chemical Dependency Counseling
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Engineering Science
  • Required Credits: 67
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years

Finger Lakes Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
53%31%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Finger Lakes Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$6,490
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$10,448
30K - 48K$11,029
48K - 75K$13,114
75K - 110K$16,597
110K+$18,643

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Finger Lakes Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Finger Lakes Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $44,547 a year, and 89% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Finger Lakes Community College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
8,5078,507

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Finger Lakes Community College?

Finger Lakes Community College is located at 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua, NY 14424-8395.

How Safe is Finger Lakes Community College?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Finger Lakes Community College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Finger Lakes Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.03%. Canandaigua has a violent crime rate of 0.25% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 1.49%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Finger Lakes Community College Known For?

Finger Lakes Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Finger Lakes Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Finger Lakes Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Nursing
#1933
World Rank
#1934
Historical Rank
#736
USA Rank

Finger Lakes Community College ranks #736 in the U.S. and #1933 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Education
#3984
World Rank
#3994
Historical Rank
#916
USA Rank

Finger Lakes Community College ranks #916 in the U.S. and #3984 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Medical
#3609
World Rank
#3611
Historical Rank
#1053
USA Rank

Finger Lakes Community College ranks #1053 in the U.S. and #3609 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Social Work
#3642
World Rank
#3642
Historical Rank
#1465
USA Rank

Finger Lakes Community College ranks #1465 in the U.S. and #3642 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Mathematics
#5741
World Rank
#5765
Historical Rank
#1521
USA Rank

Finger Lakes Community College ranks #1521 in the U.S. and #5741 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.

math Degrees
Communications
#7625
World Rank
#7642
Historical Rank
#2046
USA Rank

Finger Lakes Community College ranks #2046 in the U.S. and #7625 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees
Criminal Justice
#4164
World Rank
#4166
Historical Rank
#2085
USA Rank

Finger Lakes Community College ranks #2085 in the U.S. and #4164 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Engineering
#10674
World Rank
#10680
Historical Rank
#2402
USA Rank

Finger Lakes Community College ranks #2402 in the U.S. and #10674 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Computer Science
#9687
World Rank
#9695
Historical Rank
#2572
USA Rank

Finger Lakes Community College ranks #2572 in the U.S. and #9687 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees