Herkimer County Community College

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#9789 / #2601
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college of the State University of New York system

Herkimer County Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2601
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$5,866
Graduation rate
36%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
1,168

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About Herkimer County Community College

According to Wikipedia, Herkimer County Community College, or Herkimer College since 2014, is a public community college in Herkimer, New York. It is part of the State University of New York system. History The college was approved by the State University of New York in 1965, and the County Board of Supervisors authorized the college in 1966. The first class, numbering 221 freshmen, entered in the Fall of 1967 at a temporary campus in the Village of Ilion. The temporary campus was the upper floors of the Remington Arms Company. The current, permanent campus came into use in 1971.

Herkimer County Community College's Online Degrees

AAS in Ecotourism and Adventure Travel
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 64
  • 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 Human Resource Management
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Small Business Management
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Travel and Events Management
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Marketing
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Supply Chain Management
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Business Quality Assurance
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Property and Asset Management
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Small Business Management
  • Required Credits: 31
  • Completion Time: 1-2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Paralegal Studies
  • Required Credits: 31
  • Completion Time: 1-2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Teaching Assistant
  • Required Credits: 31-32
  • Completion Time: 1-2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Humanities
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Social Science
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Human Services
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Legal Studies
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Health Services Management Technology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Medical Coding
Degree Concentrations
  • Transcriptionist
  • Required Credits: 31
  • Completion Time: 1-2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Science Quality Assurance
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online

Herkimer County Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
59%36%

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 Herkimer County Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$5,866
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$11,036
30K - 48K$10,810
48K - 75K$13,393
75K - 110K$17,303
110K+$19,653

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 Herkimer County Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Herkimer County Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $45,336 a year, and 88% 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.

Herkimer County Community College's Demographics

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

Student BodyUnder-Grads
2,6982,698

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

Where is Herkimer County Community College?

Herkimer County Community College is located at 100 Reservoir Rd, Herkimer, NY 13350-1598.

How Safe is Herkimer County Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Herkimer County Community College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Herkimer County Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Herkimer has a violent crime rate of 1.19% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 8.45%. 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 Herkimer County Community College Known For?

Herkimer County Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Herkimer County Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Herkimer County 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

Criminal Justice
#1643
World Rank
#1648
Historical Rank
#872
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #872 in the U.S. and #1643 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Medical
#6055
World Rank
#6056
Historical Rank
#1757
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #1757 in the U.S. and #6055 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Social Work
#5151
World Rank
#5151
Historical Rank
#1941
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #1941 in the U.S. and #5151 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Mathematics
#7439
World Rank
#7463
Historical Rank
#1996
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #1996 in the U.S. and #7439 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.

math Degrees
Nursing
#5040
World Rank
#5040
Historical Rank
#2003
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #2003 in the U.S. and #5040 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Sociology
#6289
World Rank
#6293
Historical Rank
#2110
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #2110 in the U.S. and #6289 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
Communications
#8442
World Rank
#8459
Historical Rank
#2290
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #2290 in the U.S. and #8442 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees
Psychology
#6702
World Rank
#6709
Historical Rank
#2500
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #2500 in the U.S. and #6702 worldwide for influence in Psychology.

psychology Degrees
Education
#9320
World Rank
#9327
Historical Rank
#2513
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #2513 in the U.S. and #9320 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Business
#9792
World Rank
#9792
Historical Rank
#2745
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #2745 in the U.S. and #9792 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Computer Science
#10844
World Rank
#10852
Historical Rank
#2957
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #2957 in the U.S. and #10844 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Engineering
#12784
World Rank
#12787
Historical Rank
#3083
USA Rank

Herkimer County Community College ranks #3083 in the U.S. and #12784 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees