Farmingdale State College
Public College in Farmingdale, NY. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $69,781.
Students who entered Farmingdale State College reach a median of $69,781 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Six-year completion sits at 58%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $14,718, a light load against those earnings. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.5% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Farmingdale State College accepts 63% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 10,748 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. 27% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 19% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 520–620 | 340 (19%) |
| SAT Math | 520–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–28 | 35 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 82% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 22% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 40% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 9,117 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,655 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $4,933 at the $0–30k band to $17,919 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 53% of students at an average of $8,329. 24% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 1,603 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 | $4,933 |
| $30–48k | $6,985 |
| $48–75k | $11,834 |
| $75–110k | $14,893 |
| $110k+ | $17,919 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,170 of these 9,117 students, totalling $13,242,943 — an average of $6,103 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Suffolk 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)