SUNY Polytechnic Institute

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for SUNY Polytechnic Institute

SUNY Polytechnic Institute operates as a public institution located in Utica, New York (suburb: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 1,849 students of which 2,080 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 Polytechnic Institute 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 81.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,201 and an ACT midpoint of 27. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $14,164, with published in-state tuition of $8,625 and a Pell grant recipient share of 39.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $17,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 57.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.2%. Graduates earn a median of $64,355 ten years after enrolling, compared with $58,662 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 97200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 73.6% 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.