SUNY College
of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
Public College in Cobleskill, NY. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $45,030.
Students who entered SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill land at a median of $45,030 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 57%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $16,023, 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
84% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 3,805 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 19%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 57% finish inside six years. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 26% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,753 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $18,140 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $13,279 at the $0–30k band to $25,356 at $110k+. About 75% get grants averaging $9,995, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 56% 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 · 534 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 | $13,279 |
| $30–48k | $14,988 |
| $48–75k | $18,887 |
| $75–110k | $20,346 |
| $110k+ | $25,356 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 981 of these 1,753 students, totalling $5,857,499 — an average of $5,971 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Schoharie 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)