College of Staten Island CUNY

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for College of Staten Island CUNY

College of Staten Island CUNY operates as a public institution located in Staten Island, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 9,657 students of which 12,023 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. College of Staten Island CUNY is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 92.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,040. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $5,579, with published in-state tuition of $7,490 and a Pell grant recipient share of 49.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $14,350, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 33.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 75.7%. Graduates earn a median of $53,501 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,931 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 246300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 55.6% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.