SUNY Old Westbury

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for SUNY Old Westbury

SUNY Old Westbury operates as a public institution located in Old Westbury, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 4,162 students of which 5,477 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 Old Westbury is categorized as “19” 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 83.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $11,282, with published in-state tuition of $8,422 and a Pell grant recipient share of 49.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $14,997, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 45.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 71.8%. Graduates earn a median of $58,526 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,671 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 170500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 66.1% 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.