SUNY Oneonta

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for SUNY Oneonta

SUNY Oneonta operates as a public institution located in Oneonta, New York (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 4,643 students of which 5,541 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 Oneonta 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 69.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,230. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,158, with published in-state tuition of $8,831 and a Pell grant recipient share of 36.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,812, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 69.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 75.5%. Graduates earn a median of $60,386 ten years after enrolling, compared with $49,723 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 256600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 64.6% 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.