unitid 196042 · Farmingdale, NY · public 4-year · suburb (large)
Farmingdale State College
- enrollment 2023
- 18,644
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
63%
20th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
9,552
71st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
36%
undergrads on Pell grants
63rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
53%
finish within 150% time
64th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$18,966
31st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$10,867
after aid, aided students
36th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$69,781
after entry, Title IV students
90th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$14,718
28th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $4,933 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k29%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k15%
- 110k+23%
- Median family income
- $40,462
- First-generation students
- 40%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,626
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 309 | $63,468 | $17,250 |
| Science, Technology and Society. | 199 | $56,211 | $18,006 |
| Security Science and Technology. | 176 | $63,061 | $19,500 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 151 | $49,966 | $11,000 |
| Computer Programming. | 129 | $70,046 | $21,500 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 96 | $112,031 | $21,646 |
| Biology, General. | 63 | $59,683 | $16,748 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 63 | $49,937 | $20,175 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 62 | $56,832 | — |
| Air Transportation. | 58 | $58,112 | $22,500 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 56 | $57,536 | $18,500 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians. | 47 | $85,932 | $17,409 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.