How much do communities contribute to community colleges?

Community colleges operating budgets are supported in part by the localities that sponsor them. The degree of support varies greatly. Onondaga County,
for example, contributes 17.7 percent of Onondaga Community College's operating budget, the third smallest contribution in the state.

2011-12 (actual spending)

College
Contribution
Fashion Institute
$45,373,631
Sullivan County
$4,000,000
Columbia-Greene
$4,800,120
Orange County
$17,368,277
Nassau
$52,206,886
Rockland
$16,075,570
Ulster County
$6,280,863
Niagara County
$8,871,000
Corning
$7,619,724
North Country
$2,380,000
Herkimer County
$1,630,612
Westchester
$23,769,200
Tompkins-Cortland
$4,254,915
Jamestown
$6,446,028
Dutchess
$10,837,898
Cayuga County
$2,841,515
Jefferson
$4,473,575
Clinton
$2,376,040
Mohawk Valley
$7,280,100
Genesee
$1,936,374
Broome
$6,791,937
Suffolk County
$38,988,987
Adirondack
$3,060,254
Fulton-Montgomery
$2,791,642
Finger Lakes
$3,204,228
Erie
$17,429,317
Monroe
$17,880,000
Onondaga
$9,307,000
Schenectady County
$2,098,694
Hudson Valley
$3,238,900
Average
$335,613,287
Source: State University of New York

Share of college's
operating costs
87.1%
45.1%
37.9%
37.9%
35.5%
34.3%
32.6%
31.5%
29.5%
28.6%
27.6%
27.2%
26.6%
26.0%
24.9%
24.7%
24.1%
23.9%
23.6%
23.5%
23.5%
23.3%
22.8%
22.4%
21.7%
20.6%
20.2%
17.7%
14.8%
13.7%
28.4%

2012-13 (budgeted)
College
Fashion Institute
Sullivan County
Orange County
Columbia-Greene
Nassau
Ulster County
Rockland
Corning
Niagara County
Westchester
Jamestown
Tompkins-Cortland
North Country
Jefferson
Clinton
Dutchess
Suffolk County
Cayuga County
Mohawk Valley
Broome
Finger Lakes
Adirondack
Fulton-Montgomery
Monroe
Herkimer County
Genesee
Erie
Onondaga
Schenectady County
Hudson Valley
Average

Contribution
$45,373,631
$4,000,000
$17,619,169
$4,896,200
$52,206,883
$6,280,863
$16,375,569
$7,689,694
$8,871,000
$23,699,345
$6,438,454
$4,297,464
$2,380,000
$4,630,151
$2,465,040
$10,837,898
$38,988,987
$2,898,345
$7,280,100
$6,791,937
$3,204,228
$3,106,158
$2,791,642
$18,380,000
$1,630,612
$1,936,374
$17,429,317
$9,307,000
$2,098,694
$3,238,900
$337,143,655

Share of college's
operating costs
79.7%
41.8%
35.8%
35.4%
34.1%
32.8%
31.8%
30.8%
26.9%
25.9%
24.7%
24.5%
24.3%
24.2%
23.8%
23.4%
22.7%
22.5%
21.8%
21.3%
20.8%
20.8%
20.3%
19.2%
18.9%
18.7%
17.9%
15.6%
14.7%
13.0%
26.5%