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SUNY Empire State College was awarded 59 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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College Factual ranked SUNY Empire as #490 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNY Empire held the #785 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SUNY Empire is also ranked #47 out of 136 schools in New York.
If you are worried about getting into SUNY Empire State College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At SUNY Empire State College, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Empire State College is 25%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At SUNY Empire State College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at SUNY Empire is 8%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at SUNY Empire State College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,145 undergraduates at SUNY Empire with 3,653 being full-time and 5,492 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,130 | $9,303 | $11,386 | $16,422 | $17,488 |
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 Empire, 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 Empire, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $5,774 a year. That adds up to $23,096 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Empire is 1.0%. 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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See which majors at SUNY Empire State College make the most money.
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Contact details for SUNY Empire are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Two Union Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-4391 |
| Phone: | 518-587-2100 |
| Website: | www.sunyempire.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 503 | $57,225 |
| Community Organization & Advocacy | 468 | $45,544 |
| Human Resource Management | 285 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 228 | NA |
| Other Physical Science | 185 | $59,562 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 160 | $41,424 |
| General Education | 158 | $39,046 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 143 | NA |
| General Psychology | 138 | $39,188 |
| Public Policy | 86 | $52,614 |
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, 7,832 students took at least one online class at SUNY Empire State College. This is a decrease from the 8,377 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 7,832 | 5,698 |
| 2021-2022 | 8,377 | 6,320 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,409 | 6,008 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,796 | 5,135 |
Learn more about online learning at SUNY Empire State College.
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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