SUNY College
of Technology at Canton
Public College in Canton, NY. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $47,860.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $47,860 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 47%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $20,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 92% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 3,707, typical for a school of this reach. Only 16% 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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47% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 69% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 28% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,778 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,754 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $10,908 at $0–30k versus $22,077 at $110k+. 77% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,750 — common but not automatic. 60% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 457 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 | $10,908 |
| $30–48k | $12,813 |
| $48–75k | $17,700 |
| $75–110k | $17,984 |
| $110k+ | $22,077 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,680 of these 2,778 students, totalling $11,483,148 — an average of $6,835 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Lawrence 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)