MCC Facts
How We Impact Lives & Communities
Post-Completion Outcomes
MCC is one of 10 select U.S. community colleges—and the only one in New York state—participating in the Unlocking Opportunity: The Post-Graduation Success and Equity Network to lead reform efforts in higher education. Participants focus on improving student access, completion and post-completion outcomes. The network runs from 2023 through 2028, in collaboration with the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and the Community College Research Center.
85.5%
of MCC career program graduates with full-time jobs stay in our region
NYS Wages 1 Year After MCC Graduation
(annual median)
$43,534
Certificate holders
$37,199*
All graduates
$36,262
Associate degree holders
Sources: SUNY System Administration, NYSDOL
*Graduating classes included: 2017-18 to 2020-21; certificate holders: 530; degree holders: 2,422; percentage working in New York state: 88.5%
Notable Grants
- Federal, state and county funding for the expansion of the Applied Technologies Center including a new Optics wing | $69.6 million
- Federal grant for semiconductor talent & employer partnership in upstate NY | $9.1 million
- State grant for strengthening career & technical education for the 21st century | $1.1 million
Student and Faculty/Staff Honors
- Two MCC students’ original works won Most Outstanding Paper and Presentation honors in their categories at the 2023 Beacon Conference for student scholars at two-year colleges in the mid-Atlantic region: Isaiah Gonsalves’ “The Internment of Japanese Americans and the Declaration of Martial Law in Hawaii: The Impact of Racial and War-Related Prejudice After the Attack on Pearl Harbor” (pictured top) and Rebecca Soriano’s “God the Mother and the Feminine Christ: Representations of the Madonna and Jesus as Divine Maternal Nurturers in Medieval and Renaissance Art.”
Soriano’s essay is also published in the 2023 edition of Illuminate, an undergraduate journal of the Northeast Regional Honors Conference. - MCC men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams won 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association team national championships.
- MCC’s honor society chapter was named one of Phi Theta Kappa’s 2023 Most Distinguished Chapter internationally, and student Amanda McGinnis (pictured center) was named 2023 Most Distinguished Chapter Member regionally and internationally.
- Sherri Kurtz, assistant professor and clinical coordinator for first-year students in the dental studies program, is the 2022-23 recipient of the national League Excellence Award for exemplifying exceptional teaching and leadership.
- Jasna Bogdanovska (pictured bottom), associate professor of photography, is the 2023 recipient of the American Association of Community Colleges’ Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty honor for going above and beyond to support students in and outside the classroom.
- Alexis Vogt, chair and professor of optical systems technology, received the 2023 SPIE Maria J. Yzuel Educator Award for her outstanding contributions to optics education.
- English/Philosophy professor Tony Leuzzi’s fourth book of poems, Fog Notes, was published by Tiger Bark Press in 2023.
- John Rodman, assistant coach of MCC men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, was named 2023 NJCAA Diving Coach of the Year.
- Daniel Dubois, adjunct assistant professor and retired MCC head coach, is a 2023 inductee in the NJCAA Swimming & Diving Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Inspiring the Way Forward
- The Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center on MCC’s Downtown Campus offers increased opportunities for diverse residents of the Finger Lakes region to access technology-oriented, industry-driven education and training for high-demand careers in a 21st-century economy. Fast-track programs enable individuals of all ages to earn microcredentials and progress toward an associate degree.
Go online for a list of offerings. - MCC helped raise completion rates for single-mother learners by 30% by 2024. As one of the top online providers in the SUNY system, MCC responds to the needs of many student-parents who prefer online courses and remote access. MCC serviced more than 1,270 student-parents in fall 2024.