- The Inkwell
- New York
- Wagner College
Staten Island, NYCity: largeZIP 10301Founded 1883
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1883
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.wagner.edu
- Member of
- CUMU
New YorkReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Wagner College
Wagner College is a private nonprofit college in Staten Island, New York, with 1,651 undergraduates. It admits 88% of applicants, graduates 62% within six years and costs $30,038 a year after aid.
62%graduate
Admission rate88%
Retention83%
4-year graduation55%
Pell Grant share27%
Federal loans77%
$30,038net price / year
88%admission rate
1243average SAT
62%graduate in 6 years
$84,179median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#154 of 1,704 for earnings#1,457 of 1,739 for lowest net price#591 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,118 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
- $66,385tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $54,796
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $54,796
- Average net price
- $30,038national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$24,171
$30,001–48,000$21,466
$48,001–75,000$25,370
$75,001–110,000$33,739
$110,001+$33,369
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 88%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1243
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 600–660
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 590–630
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 23–28
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college88%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college83%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college62%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college27%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 62%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 55%
- First-year retention
- 83%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 78%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $67,853
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $84,179middle 50%: $54,840–$125,321
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$125,321
Median, Wagner College$84,179
Lower quarter$54,840
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
- 1,651
- Part-time
- 2.5%
- Women / men
- 61% / 39%
- Average age at entry
- 20.3
- First-generation students
- 28%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 27%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,122 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $14,143
- Endowment, end of year
- $117,965,278
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White56%
Hispanic15%
Black7.3%
Asian4.6%
Two or more races4.1%
U.S. nonresident8.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown4.5%
14 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions43%
Business & management16%
Visual & performing arts9.1%
Parks, recreation & fitness6.6%
Education5.0%
Psychology4.4%
Computer & information sciences3.8%
Social sciences3.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 197197. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1605513.