Alfred University
Private College in Alfred, NY. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $54,897.
Students who entered Alfred University land at a median of $54,897 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 57% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $26,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Alfred University accepts 74% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 4,988 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 10% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 26% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 555–660 | 95 (26%) |
| SAT Math | 540–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–29 | 163 (45%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 57% finish inside six years. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,401 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,470 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $16,512 at $0–30k versus $33,388 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $28,174. Most students borrow — 65% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 433 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,512 |
| $30–48k | $15,067 |
| $48–75k | $22,125 |
| $75–110k | $28,280 |
| $110k+ | $33,388 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 912 of these 1,401 students, totalling $9,318,216 — an average of $10,217 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allegany County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)