Excelsior University
Private College in Albany, NY. Median 10-year earnings $78,493.
Students who entered Excelsior University reach a median of $78,493 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,769 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. The student-faculty ratio is 21:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. With 12,701 undergraduates, this is a large institution — expect the administrative scale and the range of offerings that come with it.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 12,701 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price is not reported for this institution, which means there is no single what-you-pay number to compare — the aid participation rates below are the closest available proxy. Only 37% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 34% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Federal student loans went to 4,314 of these 12,701 students, totalling $32,108,053 — an average of $7,443 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Albany 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)