by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
SUNY Oswego was awarded 65 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education subject specific.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, SUNY Oswego is ranked #663 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNY Oswego held the #1,271 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SUNY Oswego is also ranked #60 out of 136 schools in New York.
When it comes to admittance, SUNY Oswego is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 83%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 30% of students accepted to SUNY Oswego submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 630. Math scores were between 530 and 630.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, SUNY Oswego 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at SUNY Oswego is 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like SUNY Oswego enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At SUNY Oswego the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 52%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,673 undergraduates at SUNY Oswego with 6,211 being full-time and 462 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,342 | $13,087 | $17,348 | $18,515 | $23,117 |
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 Oswego, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SUNY Oswego, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $7,334 a year. That adds up to $29,336 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SUNY Oswego are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 7060 State Route 104, Oswego, NY 13126 |
| Phone: | 315-312-2500 |
| Website: | https://www.oswego.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 303 | $45,569 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 189 | $39,689 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 124 | $30,241 |
| General Psychology | 106 | $30,366 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 100 | $34,561 |
| Health & Physical Education | 92 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 85 | $35,577 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 60 | $37,203 |
| Marketing | 58 | $41,903 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 58 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,542 students took at least one online class at SUNY Oswego. This is a decrease from the 3,878 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,542 | 1,127 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,878 | 1,114 |
| 2020-2021 | 7,367 | 2,536 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,812 | 541 |
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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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