SUNY Maritime College
Public College in Throggs Neck, NY. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $95,951.
A decade after enrolling, the median SUNY Maritime College student earns $95,951 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate of 66% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $23,250, neither a bargain nor a burden. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.3% 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 72% puts SUNY Maritime College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 1,769, typical for a school of this reach. 30% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 27% 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 | 570–640 | 100 (27%) |
| SAT Math | 553–648 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–28 | 19 (5%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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66% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Transfer-out runs to 25% — 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 1,242 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,312 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $11,726 at $0–30k versus $27,565 at $110k+. About 58% get grants averaging $9,108, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 39% 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 · 277 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 | $11,726 |
| $30–48k | $17,577 |
| $48–75k | $20,721 |
| $75–110k | $23,634 |
| $110k+ | $27,565 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 482 of these 1,242 students, totalling $3,057,987 — an average of $6,344 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bronx 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)