Farmingdale State College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale State College operates as a public institution located in Farmingdale, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 9,552 students of which 18,458 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. Farmingdale State College is categorized as “22” 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 63.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,147 and an ACT midpoint of 24. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $10,867, with published in-state tuition of $8,626 and a Pell grant recipient share of 36.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $14,718, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 54.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.6%. Graduates earn a median of $69,781 ten years after enrolling, compared with $55,901 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 221200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 71.5% 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.