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SUNY Oneonta Data & Information Overview

57 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
70% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on SUNY Oneonta, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is SUNY Oneonta Ranked?

#1,145 Best Colleges in Nation
#73 Best Colleges in NY
Digital Arts Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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SUNY Oneonta was awarded 57 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is digital arts.

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Overall Quality

SUNY Oneonta landed the #1,145 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

SUNY Oneonta also holds the #73 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into SUNY Oneonta?

70% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at SUNY Oneonta is a competitive 70%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.

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SUNY Oneonta Faculty

16 to 1 Student to Faculty
63% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, SUNY Oneonta is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at SUNY Oneonta is 63%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  63 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at SUNY Oneonta

76% Freshmen Retention
66% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

SUNY Oneonta has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  76 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At SUNY Oneonta the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 66%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  66 out of 100
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SUNY Oneonta Undergraduate Student Diversity

6,059 Full-Time Undergraduates
26.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
62.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,190 undergraduates at SUNY Oneonta with 6,059 being full-time and 131 being part-time.

How Much Does SUNY Oneonta Cost?

$18,223 Net Price
51% Take Out Loans
$26,692 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of SUNY Oneonta is $18,223. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for SUNY Oneonta

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$11,696 $14,199 $18,271 $19,536 $23,604

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of SUNY Oneonta, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SUNY Oneonta, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $6,673 a year. That adds up to $26,692 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Oneonta is 2.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do SUNY Oneonta Graduates Make?

$51,984 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from SUNY Oneonta make around $51,984 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for SUNY Oneonta students since it is 22% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of SUNY Oneonta

New York State
6,059 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
SUNY Oneonta is a public institution situated in Oneonta, New York. Oneonta is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for SUNY Oneonta are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015
Phone: 607-436-3500
Website: https://suny.oneonta.edu/

SUNY Oneonta Majors

50 Majors With Completions
1,518 Undergraduate Degrees
228 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 50 majors graduated from SUNY Oneonta. Of these students, 1,518 received undergraduate degrees and 228 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 186 $30,755
General Psychology 164 $31,254
Teacher Education Grade Specific 146 $28,981
Business/Managerial Economics 129 $43,456
General Biology 111 $27,099
Criminal Justice & Corrections 66 $32,066
Teacher Education Subject Specific 65 $28,773
Arts & Media Management 56 $26,930
Design & Applied Arts 54 NA
General Visual & Performing Arts 50 $29,019

Learn more about the majors offered at SUNY Oneonta along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at SUNY Oneonta

77% Take At Least One Class Online
11% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 4,582 students took at least one online class at SUNY Oneonta. This is a decrease from the 6,655 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 4,582 649
2019-2020 6,655 6,580
2018-2019 374 363
2017-2018 396 350
2016-2017 361 268

Learn more about online learning at SUNY Oneonta.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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