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SUNY at Fredonia

SUNY at Fredonia is based in the town of Fredonia, NY — a public campus in a small-town setting.

What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$9,524

family income
under $30k

$12,573

$30–48k

$15,522

$48–75k

$16,480

$75–110k

$20,350

over $110k

Average net price

$15,8972023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at SUNY at Fredonia rose from $13,806 (2008) to $15,897 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$13,806
2009	$15,289
2010	$14,843
2011	$16,288
2012	$17,156
2013	$16,708
2014	$17,220
2015	$17,463
2016	$16,074
2017	$15,139
2018	$14,824
2019	$14,378
2020	$15,792
2021	$15,526
2022	$15,644
2023	$15,897

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$25,8792024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at SUNY at Fredonia rose from $17,163 (2009) to $25,879 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$17,163
2010	$18,801
2011	$18,759
2012	$19,908
2013	$20,801
2014	$21,269
2015	$22,066
2016	$22,935
2017	$22,841
2018	$23,138
2019	$23,420
2020	$23,327
2021	$24,184
2022	$24,650
2023	$25,331
2024	$25,879

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition (in-state vs out-of-state)

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition — data
Year	In-state	Out-of-state
2000	$4,225	$9,125
2001	$4,275	$9,175
2002	$4,373	$9,273
2003	$5,362	$11,312
2004	$5,362	$11,312
2005	$5,441	$11,622
2006	$5,441	$11,701
2007	$5,542	$11,802
2008	$5,585	$11,845
2013	$7,400	$16,850
2014	$7,741	$17,391
2015	$8,074	$17,924
2016	$8,089	$17,939
2017	$8,286	$17,936
2018	$8,488	$18,268
2019	$8,717	$18,627
2020	$8,492	$18,402
2021	$8,760	$18,670
2022	$8,767	$18,677
2023	$8,771	$19,191

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

SUNY at Fredonia reports published tuition by residency: $8,831 in-state versus $19,771 out-of-state — a $10,940 gap that makes state lines part of the decision. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

SUNY at Fredonia reports 2,755 undergraduate students. Enrollment is a headcount, not a measure of teaching access.

50.2% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at SUNY at Fredonia within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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50.2%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at SUNY at Fredonia fell from 57.5% (entered 1996) to 50.2% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	66.2%
1992 cohort	63.9%
1993 cohort	61.7%
1996 cohort	57.5%
1997 cohort	62%
1998 cohort	63.7%
1999 cohort	62.7%
2000 cohort	62.4%
2001 cohort	62.4%
2002 cohort	63%
2003 cohort	63.3%
2004 cohort	64.1%
2005 cohort	63.2%
2006 cohort	64.2%
2007 cohort	64.4%
2008 cohort	67%
2009 cohort	65.1%
2010 cohort	61.9%
2011 cohort	63.1%
2012 cohort	62.1%
2013 cohort	64.2%
2014 cohort	62.5%
2015 cohort	62%
2016 cohort	60.4%
2017 cohort	53.5%
2018 cohort	50.2%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$16,225	$9,000
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$16,175	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$16,008	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$16,500	$4,876
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$18,875	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$21,125	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$22,500	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$23,620	$7,902
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$24,000	$8,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$24,750	$8,251
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$25,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$25,000	$10,025
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$25,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$24,240	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$23,300	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$24,250	$10,376

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$40,580

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$48,232

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$54,247

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

SUNY at Fredonia admitted 4,919 of 6,331 applicants in Fall 2024. The 77.7% rate describes that application pool.

77.7%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $8,771 in-state tuition · 2023–24 2,755 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1160–13701600

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Admissions

SUNY at Fredonia reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For SUNY at Fredonia’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 590–680 and Math was 570–690 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1160–1370 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	590	630	680
SAT Math	570	610	690
ACT Composite	23	27	28

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, SUNY at Fredonia received 6,331 applications and admitted 4,919 (77.7%), with 690 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

77.7%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	59.2%
Fall 2002	52.7%
Fall 2003	56.6%
Fall 2004	55%
Fall 2005	55.1%
Fall 2006	54.4%
Fall 2007	56.4%
Fall 2008	56.4%
Fall 2009	51.8%
Fall 2010	49.5%
Fall 2011	49.6%
Fall 2012	55.1%
Fall 2013	51.5%
Fall 2014	53.2%
Fall 2015	59.3%
Fall 2016	62.4%
Fall 2017	64.9%
Fall 2018	76.2%
Fall 2019	71.1%
Fall 2020	72.3%
Fall 2021	90.8%
Fall 2022	84.6%
Fall 2023	79.2%
Fall 2024	77.7%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1160–1370Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	990	1170
Fall 2002	1030	1190
Fall 2003	1030	1180
Fall 2004	1010	1180
Fall 2005	1040	1200
Fall 2006	1040	1280
Fall 2007	1010	1190
Fall 2008	1010	1190
Fall 2009	1010	1190
Fall 2010	1010	1190
Fall 2011	970	1170
Fall 2012	970	1160
Fall 2013	940	1150
Fall 2014	940	1140
Fall 2015	920	1160
Fall 2016	900	1120
Fall 2017	980	1190
Fall 2018	970	1170
Fall 2019	990	1200
Fall 2020	1000	1210
Fall 2021	1090	1280
Fall 2022	1080	1300
Fall 2023	1060	1290
Fall 2024	1160	1370

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

23–28Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	22	26
Fall 2003	22	26
Fall 2004	22	26
Fall 2005	22	26
Fall 2006	22	26
Fall 2007	21	26
Fall 2008	21	26
Fall 2009	21	26
Fall 2010	21	25
Fall 2011	22	26
Fall 2012	21	25
Fall 2013	21	26
Fall 2014	22	26
Fall 2015	21	26
Fall 2016	22	27
Fall 2017	21	26
Fall 2018	21	27
Fall 2019	19	25
Fall 2020	20	26
Fall 2021	24	29
Fall 2022	18	23
Fall 2023	21	28
Fall 2024	23	28

IPEDS Fall 2002–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

2,755Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at SUNY at Fredonia fell from 4,845 (Fall 2002) to 2,755 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	4,845
Fall 2003	4,825
Fall 2004	4,934
Fall 2005	5,026
Fall 2006	5,029
Fall 2007	5,093
Fall 2008	5,163
Fall 2009	5,311
Fall 2010	5,331
Fall 2011	5,331
Fall 2012	5,171
Fall 2013	5,049
Fall 2014	4,900
Fall 2015	4,542
Fall 2016	4,352
Fall 2017	4,366
Fall 2018	4,402
Fall 2019	4,194
Fall 2020	3,829
Fall 2021	3,540
Fall 2022	3,193
Fall 2023	2,860
Fall 2024	2,755

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

76%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at SUNY at Fredonia has wandered from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023 — up to 87% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 76%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	84%
Fall 2004 cohort	85%
Fall 2005 cohort	84%
Fall 2006 cohort	85%
Fall 2007 cohort	85%
Fall 2008 cohort	87%
Fall 2009 cohort	86%
Fall 2010 cohort	77%
Fall 2011 cohort	78%
Fall 2012 cohort	78%
Fall 2013 cohort	79%
Fall 2014 cohort	78%
Fall 2015 cohort	79%
Fall 2016 cohort	78%
Fall 2017 cohort	73%
Fall 2018 cohort	70%
Fall 2019 cohort	77%
Fall 2020 cohort	73%
Fall 2021 cohort	73%
Fall 2022 cohort	76%
Fall 2023 cohort	76%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about SUNY at Fredonia

Faculty pay at SUNY at Fredonia averages $97,476 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes SUNY at Fredonia as a primarily residential campus of 2,755 undergraduates — and 76.2% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

SUNY at Fredonia's SAT section-percentile sums are 1160–1370 — their midpoint is near the NY four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on SUNY at Fredonia's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How SUNY at Fredonia compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

SUNY at Fredonia77.7%

New York median70.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

SUNY at Fredonia$8,831

New York median$17,408

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

SUNY at Fredonia's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

SUNY at Fredonia$54,247

New York median$60,236

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

SUNY at Fredonia, New York and national reference values
Metric & basis	SUNY at Fredonia	New York median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	77.7%	70.1%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$8,831	$17,408	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$54,247	$60,236	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For SUNY at Fredonia, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

SUNY at Fredonia federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 25 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$88,991
Information Science/Studies	$77,409
Accounting and Related Services	$74,904
Finance and Financial Management Services	$61,231
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$58,820
Marketing	$58,379
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$58,133
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$57,369
Political Science and Government	$57,321
Special Education and Teaching	$55,441
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$55,155
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$53,292
Social Work	$53,223
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$53,149
Biology, General	$51,073
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	$50,671
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$49,763
History	$48,388
Psychology, General	$47,043
Music	$45,794
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	$45,784
Design and Applied Arts	$43,087
Leisure and Recreational Activities	$42,292
English Language and Literature, General	$40,929
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$39,770

These 25 fields listed for SUNY at Fredonia measure earnings after completion. The $54,247 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 33 additional SUNY at Fredonia fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does SUNY at Fredonia report?

SUNY at Fredonia's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1160–1370 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is SUNY at Fredonia's acceptance rate?

77.7% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 4,919 admitted from 6,331 applicants.

How much does SUNY at Fredonia cost?

In-state tuition is $8,831; out-of-state students pay $19,771. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does SUNY at Fredonia report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $54,247. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in New York

SUNY College at Geneseo — 66.4% admitted
State University of New York at New Paltz — 61.6% admitted
SUNY Oneonta — 69.6% admitted
SUNY Buffalo State University — 72.9% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.