unitid 196264 · Saratoga Springs, NY · public 4-year · suburb (small)
Empire State University
- enrollment 2023
- 15,443
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
7,585
64th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
37%
undergrads on Pell grants
64th pctl among public 4-years
completion
41%
finish within 150% time
41st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$19,699
35th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$11,676
after aid, aided students
42nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,080
after entry, Title IV students
60th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$18,730
42nd 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 $8,989 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
- 0-30k40%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k13%
- 110k+15%
- Median family income
- $26,758
- First-generation students
- 45%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,648
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.9× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business/Commerce, General. | 347 | $67,879 | $28,710 |
| Community Organization and Advocacy. | 313 | $51,392 | $29,218 |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 188 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 164 | $47,632 | $29,050 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 101 | $98,851 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 95 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 92 | $103,577 | $24,687 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 89 | — | — |
| Physical Sciences, Other. | 89 | — | $23,976 |
| Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis. | 70 | — | — |
| Education, General. | 68 | $53,283 | $21,422 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 63 | — | $27,708 |
— 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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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.