SUNY College
of Environmental Science and Forestry
Public Research University in Syracuse, NY. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $55,763.
Students who entered SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry land at a median of $55,763 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is a strength: 66% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry accepts 63% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 3,745 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 18% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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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66% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention is strong at 87%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 26% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,725 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,814 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $9,473 while those at $110k+ pay $24,014. Grant aid reaches 81% of students at an average of $8,105. About 42% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 393 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 | $9,473 |
| $30–48k | $11,635 |
| $48–75k | $18,870 |
| $75–110k | $20,953 |
| $110k+ | $24,014 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 723 of these 1,725 students, totalling $4,415,470 — an average of $6,107 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Onondaga 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)