The College
of Saint Rose
Private College in Albany, NY. Six-year graduation rate 51%.
Admissions
73% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 2,827 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 14% 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
Academics
51% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 72% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four 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. With 33% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,414 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,618 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $18,785 at the $0–30k band to $27,778 at $110k+. 97% of students get grant aid averaging $23,604, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 62% 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 · 239 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 | $18,785 |
| $30–48k | $19,920 |
| $48–75k | $24,182 |
| $75–110k | $25,625 |
| $110k+ | $27,778 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 871 of these 1,414 students, totalling $5,801,573 — an average of $6,661 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Albany County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026