SUNY at Fredonia
Public College in Fredonia, NY. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $54,247.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $54,247 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 50%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $24,250, 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
An acceptance rate of 78% puts SUNY at Fredonia on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 6,331 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 14% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 7% 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 | 590–680 | 51 (7%) |
| SAT Math | 570–690 | |
| ACT Composite | 23–28 | 13 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 50%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 32% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,860 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $16,023 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $9,395 at the $0–30k band to $20,743 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 81% of students at an average of $9,151. 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 · 644 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 | $9,395 |
| $30–48k | $11,327 |
| $48–75k | $16,116 |
| $75–110k | $16,302 |
| $110k+ | $20,743 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,873 of these 2,860 students, totalling $11,772,486 — an average of $6,285 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Chautauqua 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)