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SUNY Polytechnic Institute

SUNY Polytechnic Institute is a public campus in suburban Utica, NY.

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

$8,119

family income
under $30k

$10,829

$30–48k

$15,013

$48–75k

$15,898

$75–110k

$19,666

over $110k

Average net price

$14,1642023–24Skip 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 Polytechnic Institute rose from $12,661 (2008) to $14,164 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$12,661
2009	$13,211
2010	$12,747
2011	$14,211
2012	$13,076
2013	$15,920
2014	$15,931
2015	$15,248
2016	$14,878
2017	$12,761
2018	$13,809
2019	$14,133
2020	$10,309
2021	$12,949
2022	$13,882
2023	$14,164

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$23,7412024–25Skip 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 Polytechnic Institute rose from $16,573 (2009) to $23,741 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$16,573
2010	$17,660
2011	$18,124
2012	$18,991
2013	$19,843
2014	$20,924
2015	$21,439
2016	$21,836
2017	$22,265
2018	$21,567
2019	$22,001
2020	$23,194
2021	$18,402
2022	$21,692
2023	$23,018
2024	$23,741

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
2003	$5,154	$11,104
2004	$5,244	$11,504
2005	$5,285	$11,545
2006	$5,317	$11,577
2007	$5,405	$11,665
2008	$5,433	$11,693
2013	$7,090	$16,540
2014	$7,420	$17,070
2015	$7,759	$17,609
2016	$7,777	$17,627
2017	$7,998	$17,648
2018	$8,238	$18,018
2019	$8,503	$18,413
2020	$8,427	$18,337
2021	$8,548	$19,308
2022	$8,578	$19,338
2023	$8,578	$20,228

IPEDS Published price 2003–04 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

SUNY Polytechnic Institute reports published tuition by residency: $8,625 in-state versus $21,215 out-of-state — a $12,590 gap that makes state lines part of the decision. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute reports 1,849 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

55.1% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at SUNY Polytechnic Institute 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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55.1%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 Polytechnic Institute rose from 49.5% (entered 2003) to 55.1% (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
2003 cohort	49.5%
2004 cohort	56.8%
2005 cohort	46.5%
2006 cohort	33.1%
2007 cohort	47.8%
2008 cohort	43%
2009 cohort	49.3%
2010 cohort	43.9%
2011 cohort	51.5%
2012 cohort	56.6%
2013 cohort	57.5%
2014 cohort	53.6%
2015 cohort	65.4%
2016 cohort	61.7%
2017 cohort	59.2%
2018 cohort	55.1%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 2003–2018

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 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$11,000	$6,874
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$11,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$11,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$11,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$11,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$11,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$11,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$11,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$11,000	$5,312
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$11,000	$5,039
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$11,000	$5,000
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$11,000	$7,250
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$14,825	$8,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$14,700	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$15,700	$6,270
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$17,000	$6,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$17,126	$6,052
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$16,315	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$15,094	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$16,250	$6,994
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$17,500	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$17,750	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$17,250	$6,250

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

$58,662

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$61,959

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$64,355

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 Polytechnic Institute admitted 4,335 of 5,329 applicants in Fall 2024. The 81.3% rate describes that application pool.

81.3%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $8,578 in-state tuition · 2023–24 1,849 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1025–13701600

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Admissions

SUNY Polytechnic Institute reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 505–680 and Math was 520–690 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1025–1370 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	505	590	680
SAT Math	520	610	690
ACT Composite	22	25	30

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 Polytechnic Institute received 5,329 applications and admitted 4,335 (81.3%), with 378 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

81.3%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 2003	23%
Fall 2004	22.2%
Fall 2005	40.4%
Fall 2006	39.6%
Fall 2007	38.8%
Fall 2008	38.6%
Fall 2009	37.2%
Fall 2010	34.4%
Fall 2011	37.6%
Fall 2012	38.9%
Fall 2013	47.5%
Fall 2014	56.1%
Fall 2015	60.5%
Fall 2016	64.3%
Fall 2017	62.5%
Fall 2018	64.8%
Fall 2019	69%
Fall 2020	73.3%
Fall 2021	77.3%
Fall 2022	81.7%
Fall 2023	78.4%
Fall 2024	81.3%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2003–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1025–1370Fall 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 2003	1110	1253
Fall 2004	1020	1297
Fall 2005	963	1280
Fall 2006	928	1278
Fall 2007	980	1170
Fall 2008	990	1180
Fall 2009	1000	1170
Fall 2010	960	1160
Fall 2011	980	1180
Fall 2012	960	1160
Fall 2013	950	1130
Fall 2014	920	1260
Fall 2015	960	1310
Fall 2016	990	1330
Fall 2017	1000	1290
Fall 2018	1000	1350
Fall 2019	1000	1360
Fall 2020	1000	1350
Fall 2021	1040	1400
Fall 2023	1150	1330
Fall 2024	1025	1370

IPEDS Fall 2003–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

22–30Fall 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 2003	26	29
Fall 2004	23	28
Fall 2005	21	28
Fall 2006	22	27
Fall 2007	20	25
Fall 2008	20	28
Fall 2009	22	25
Fall 2010	21	26
Fall 2011	21	25
Fall 2012	20	24
Fall 2013	22	26
Fall 2014	22	28
Fall 2015	23	28
Fall 2016	24	29
Fall 2017	20	28
Fall 2018	20	28
Fall 2019	20	29
Fall 2020	20	29
Fall 2021	23	31
Fall 2023	24	27
Fall 2024	22	30

IPEDS Fall 2003–2024, 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

1,849Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at SUNY Polytechnic Institute has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 2,120 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 1,849.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,747
Fall 2003	1,848
Fall 2004	1,643
Fall 2005	1,727
Fall 2006	1,755
Fall 2007	1,913
Fall 2008	1,993
Fall 2009	1,992
Fall 2010	1,938
Fall 2011	1,731
Fall 2012	1,555
Fall 2013	1,714
Fall 2014	1,890
Fall 2015	1,950
Fall 2016	1,891
Fall 2017	2,052
Fall 2018	2,120
Fall 2019	2,077
Fall 2020	2,097
Fall 2021	1,924
Fall 2022	1,852
Fall 2023	1,773
Fall 2024	1,849

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

69%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 Polytechnic Institute has wandered from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023 — up to 84% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 69%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	76%
Fall 2004 cohort	83%
Fall 2005 cohort	69%
Fall 2006 cohort	66%
Fall 2007 cohort	70%
Fall 2008 cohort	69%
Fall 2009 cohort	73%
Fall 2010 cohort	71%
Fall 2011 cohort	70%
Fall 2012 cohort	84%
Fall 2013 cohort	75%
Fall 2014 cohort	74%
Fall 2015 cohort	79%
Fall 2016 cohort	80%
Fall 2017 cohort	78%
Fall 2018 cohort	74%
Fall 2019 cohort	82%
Fall 2020 cohort	75%
Fall 2021 cohort	79%
Fall 2022 cohort	68%
Fall 2023 cohort	69%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Faculty pay at SUNY Polytechnic Institute averages $118,020 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes SUNY Polytechnic Institute as a primarily residential campus of 1,849 undergraduates — and 69.2% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute's SAT section-percentile sums are 1025–1370 — their midpoint is below the NY four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on SUNY Polytechnic Institute'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 Polytechnic Institute 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 Polytechnic Institute81.3%

New York median70.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

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

SUNY Polytechnic Institute$8,625

New York median$17,408

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

SUNY Polytechnic Institute's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute$64,355

New York median$60,236

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

SUNY Polytechnic Institute, New York and national reference values
Metric & basis	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	New York median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	81.3%	70.1%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$8,625	$17,408	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$64,355	$60,236	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

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

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

View 18 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$108,014
Mechanical Engineering	$87,788
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$85,180
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	$81,574
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	$76,413
Civil Engineering	$75,078
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$74,297
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$73,268
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	$70,052
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$68,548
Information Science/Studies	$67,049
Health and Medical Administrative Services	$62,288
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$59,011
Accounting and Related Services	$55,821
Biology, General	$54,176
Social Sciences, Other	$46,521
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other	$40,991
Psychology, General	$40,318

These 18 fields listed for SUNY Polytechnic Institute measure earnings after completion. The $64,355 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 16 additional SUNY Polytechnic Institute fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does SUNY Polytechnic Institute report?

SUNY Polytechnic Institute's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1025–1370 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is SUNY Polytechnic Institute's acceptance rate?

81.3% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 4,335 admitted from 5,329 applicants.

How much does SUNY Polytechnic Institute cost?

In-state tuition is $8,625; out-of-state students pay $21,215. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does SUNY Polytechnic Institute report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $64,355. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in New York

SUNY Brockport — 70.7% admitted
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry — 63.3% admitted
SUNY Buffalo State University — 72.9% admitted
University at Buffalo — 74.2% 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.