SUNY at Fredonia

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for SUNY at Fredonia

SUNY at Fredonia operates as a public institution located in Fredonia, New York (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 2,755 students of which 3,125 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. SUNY at Fredonia is categorized as “20” 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 77.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,250 and an ACT midpoint of 27. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,897, with published in-state tuition of $8,831 and a Pell grant recipient share of 38.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 51.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 76.2%. Graduates earn a median of $54,247 ten years after enrolling, compared with $40,580 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 287000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 58.9% 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.