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- SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NYSuburb: midsizeZIP 13502Founded 1966
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1966
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1973
- Website
- www.sunypoly.edu
- Member of
- APLU
New YorkPublic
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
SUNY Polytechnic Institute is a public college in Utica, New York, with 1,849 undergraduates. It admits 81% of applicants, graduates 56% within six years and costs $12,893 a year after aid.
56%graduate
Admission rate81%
Retention69%
4-year graduation46%
Pell Grant share41%
Federal loans39%
$12,893net price / year
81%admission rate
1201average SAT
56%graduate in 6 years
$73,261median earnings, 10 yrs
$15,250median debt
#312 of 1,704 for earnings#354 of 1,739 for lowest net price#797 of 1,738 for graduation rate#899 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $24,609tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $8,625
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $21,215
- Average net price
- $12,893national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$6,833
$30,001–48,000$9,935
$48,001–75,000$12,020
$75,001–110,000$16,031
$110,001+$19,564
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 81%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1201
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 505–680
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 520–690
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 22–30
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college81%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college69%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college56%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college41%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 56%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 46%
- First-year retention
- 69%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 65%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $64,012
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $73,261middle 50%: $49,571–$102,836
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$102,836
Median, SUNY Polytechnic Institute$73,261
Lower quarter$49,571
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,849
- Part-time
- 11%
- Women / men
- 32% / 68%
- Average age at entry
- 22.8
- First-generation students
- 30%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 41%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 46%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,835 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,232
- Endowment, end of year
- $5,563,636
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White64%
Hispanic12%
Black10%
Asian7.9%
Two or more races3.8%
U.S. nonresident1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Unknown0.4%
11 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management23%
Computer & information sciences19%
Engineering technologies15%
Engineering14%
Health professions12%
Communication & journalism7.2%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.2%
Psychology4.8%
keep comparing
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 196112. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q18155496.