Enrollment and Student Outcomes

Fall 2024 Full-Time Undergraduate Enrollment: 4,095

Legal Sex: 72.0% female, 25.4% male, 2.7% Unreported

Race/ethnicity percentage

American Indian or Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian 3.7%
Black or African American 18.8%
Hispanic/Latino 18.0%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.2%
Nonresident 0.9%
Two or more races 3.7%
Race & ethnicity unknown 9.5%
White 44.7%

(Data source: Official fall enrollment from SIRIS ESS file)

Pell Grant Recipients: 66.1%

TAP Grant Recipients: 40.5%

Degrees Awarded, Academic Year 2023-24 - updated 7-01-2024

  Associate Bachelor's
Accounting --- 45
Accounting, LIBI Teach-out 4 ---
Addiction Studies --- 11
Allied Health --- 32
Business Administration --- 77
Business, Management & Economics 29 337
Business Management, LIBI Teach-out 4 ---
Community & Human Services 31 231
Criminal Justice --- 10
Cultural Studies 2 51
Educational Studies 19 89
General Studies 70 ---
Historical Studies 4 32
Hospitality Management, LIBI Teach-out 2 ---
Human Development 12 38
Human Resource Management --- 21
Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Studies 5 35
Interdisciplinary Studies 1 0
Labor Studies 77 27
Liberal Arts --- 10
Management --- 21
Nursing --- 70
Office Technology & Medical Office, LIBI Teach-out 10 ---
Office Technology, LIBI Teach-out 1 ---
Psychology --- 219
Public Affairs --- 45
Science, Math & Technology 21 88
Security Studies --- 7
Social Science 4 21
The Arts 1 51
     
UG Certificates 16  

(Data source: Operational Data Store Academic Outcomes view)

First-Time Full-Time Graduation Rates

Cohort year 2018
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Undergraduate Students (n=114) by demographics

Overall 41%
Men 28%
Women 50%
Students pursuing bachelor's or equivalent degrees
Nonresident ---
Hispanic/Latino 43%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0%
Asian 0%
Black or African American 33%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander ---
White 40%
Two or more races 40%
Race & ethnicity unknown 25%

Transfer-out Rate: 19%

Cohort year 2018
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Bachelor's degree-seeking subcohort (n=81) by financial aid status

Pell recipients: 46%
Subsidized Loan recipients (no Pell): 33%
Neither Pell nor Subsidized Loan: 25%

Notes: 150% of normal time to completion is 6 years for bachelor’s degree-seeking students and 3 years for associate degree-seeking students. The University is required to report first-time bachelor’s degree-seeking student retention rates to IPEDS for use on the College Navigator website.

(Data source: IPEDS Graduation Rates survey)

Retention Rates

Degree-seeking Undergraduate students who began in Fall 2023 and returned in Fall 2024
First-time full-time (95 students): 57.9%
First-time part-time (74 students): 59.5%
Transfer full-time (942 students): 55.0%
Transfer part-time (525 students): 60.8%

Note: The retention rates above include degree-seeking students and does not include nondegree students.

(Data source: SUNY Oracle BI tool)


Graduation Rates - All Entering Degree-Seeking Cohorts

Undergraduate Cohort Outcomes, 6 Years After Initial ESC Enrollment:
Graduation and Retention Rates (PDF 345kB)


Alumni Survey

Baccalaureate Respondents by Employment Status and Top Fields of Employment
Unemployed: 12.1%
Employed: 87.9%
Fields of employment:

Education 14.6%
Business 10.6%
Human services, social work 9.7%
Charitable or non-profit organization 8.1%
Government-non military 7.5%
Computing, information technology, software 7.2%
Nursing, health care 5.6%
Military, police, fire service, security 4.4%
Other 32.4%


Baccalaureate Respondents who are Currently Pursuing or Plan to Pursue a Master's Degree or Higher Credential

Yes: 71.6%
No: 28.4%

(Data source: Empire State University Undergraduate Alumni Survey - Baccalaureate graduates from 11/2016 to 10/2018, n=381)