SUNY Old Westbury
Public College in Old Westbury, NY. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $58,526.
Students who entered SUNY Old Westbury land at a median of $58,526 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 45%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $14,997. It also moves people — 5.0% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution 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 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
SUNY Old Westbury accepts 84% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 7,760 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 12% 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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45% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 28% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,945 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $10,944 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $6,645 while those at $110k+ pay $20,426. About 63% get grants averaging $9,288, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 29% of students.
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 · 712 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 | $6,645 |
| $30–48k | $9,114 |
| $48–75k | $13,852 |
| $75–110k | $15,712 |
| $110k+ | $20,426 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,136 of these 3,945 students, totalling $7,128,888 — an average of $6,275 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nassau 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)