unitid 196237 · Old Westbury, NY · public 4-year · suburb (large)
SUNY Old Westbury
- enrollment 2023
- 5,239
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
84%
50th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,162
44th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
49%
undergrads on Pell grants
86th pctl among public 4-years
completion
45%
finish within 150% time
48th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,287
43rd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$11,282
after aid, aided students
39th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$58,526
after entry, Title IV students
71st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$14,997
29th 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 $6,645 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
- 0-30k37%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $30,996
- First-generation students
- 39%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,422
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.9× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 93 | $52,680 | $18,394 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 74 | $73,645 | $19,075 |
| Biology, General. | 67 | — | $19,840 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 65 | $69,650 | $23,250 |
| Criminology. | 57 | $55,759 | $17,800 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 53 | $58,919 | $17,324 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 50 | $68,312 | $24,145 |
| Public Health. | 45 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 43 | $81,573 | — |
| Political Science and Government. | 43 | — | $22,250 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 42 | $41,918 | $19,900 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 41 | — | $23,500 |
— 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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- net
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.