Fall 2022 Full-Time Undergraduate Enrollment: 3,286
Legal Sex: 72.4% female, 27.6% male
Race/ethnicity percentage
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.5% |
Asian | 3.1% |
Black or African American | 17.8% |
Hispanic/Latino | 15.3% |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
Nonresident | 0.5% |
Two or more races | 3.4% |
Race & ethnicity unknown | 10.3% |
White | 49.1% |
Pell Grant Recipients: 57.1%
TAP Grant Recipients: 32.3%
(Data source: Official fall enrollment from SIRIS ESS file)
Degrees Awarded 2021-22
Associate | Bachelor's | |
Accounting | --- | 31 |
Addiction Studies | --- | 11 |
Allied Health | --- | 27 |
Business Administration | --- | 46 |
Business, Management & Economics | 55 | 406 |
Community & Human Services | 56 | 372 |
Cultural Studies | 6 | 76 |
Educational Studies | 30 | 99 |
Historical Studies | 2 | 41 |
Human Development | 9 | 137 |
Human Resource Management | --- | 24 |
Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Studies | 56 | 82 |
Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 | 4 |
Labor Studies | 152 | 16 |
Liberal Arts | --- | 1 |
Management | --- | 26 |
Nursing | --- | 106 |
Psychology | --- | 142 |
Public Affairs | --- | 71 |
Science, Math & Technology | 52 | 106 |
Security Studies | --- | 1 |
Social Science | 1 | 28 |
The Arts | 7 | 59 |
UG Certificates | 23 |
(Data source: Operational Data Store Academic Outcomes view)
First-Time Full-Time Graduation Rates
Cohort year 2015
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Undergraduate Students (n=156) by demographics
Overall | 24% |
Men | 26% |
Women | 22% |
Students pursuing bachelor's or equivalent degrees | |
Nonresident | 0% |
Hispanic/Latino | 19% |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0% |
Asian | 50% |
Black or African American | 11% |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | --- |
White | 23% |
Two or more races | 0% |
Race & ethnicity unknown | 50% |
Transfer-out Rate: 17%
Cohort year 2015
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Bachelor's degree-seeking subcohort (n=87) by financial aid status
Pell recipients: 20.3%
Subsidized Loan recipients (no Pell): 25%
Neither Pell nor Subsidized Loan: 45.5%
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 college 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 2021 and returned in Fall 2022
First-time full-time (87 students): 58.6%
First-time part-time (64 students): 64.1%
Transfer full-time (741 students): 58.6%
Transfer part-time (492 students): 55.1%
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: SUNY Empire State College Undergraduate Alumni Survey - Baccalaureate graduates from 11/2016 to 10/2018, n=381)
Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Fall 2022 Full-Time Undergraduate Enrollment: 3,286
Legal Sex: 72.4% female, 27.6% male
Race/ethnicity percentage
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.5% |
Asian | 3.1% |
Black or African American | 17.8% |
Hispanic/Latino | 15.3% |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
Nonresident | 0.5% |
Two or more races | 3.4% |
Race & ethnicity unknown | 10.3% |
White | 49.1% |
Pell Grant Recipients: 57.1%
TAP Grant Recipients: 32.3%
(Data source: Official fall enrollment from SIRIS ESS file)
Degrees Awarded 2021-22
Associate | Bachelor's | |
Accounting | --- | 31 |
Addiction Studies | --- | 11 |
Allied Health | --- | 27 |
Business Administration | --- | 46 |
Business, Management & Economics | 55 | 406 |
Community & Human Services | 56 | 372 |
Cultural Studies | 6 | 76 |
Educational Studies | 30 | 99 |
Historical Studies | 2 | 41 |
Human Development | 9 | 137 |
Human Resource Management | --- | 24 |
Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Studies | 56 | 82 |
Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 | 4 |
Labor Studies | 152 | 16 |
Liberal Arts | --- | 1 |
Management | --- | 26 |
Nursing | --- | 106 |
Psychology | --- | 142 |
Public Affairs | --- | 71 |
Science, Math & Technology | 52 | 106 |
Security Studies | --- | 1 |
Social Science | 1 | 28 |
The Arts | 7 | 59 |
UG Certificates | 23 |
(Data source: Operational Data Store Academic Outcomes view)
First-Time Full-Time Graduation Rates
Cohort year 2015
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Undergraduate Students (n=156) by demographics
Overall | 24% |
Men | 26% |
Women | 22% |
Students pursuing bachelor's or equivalent degrees | |
Nonresident | 0% |
Hispanic/Latino | 19% |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0% |
Asian | 50% |
Black or African American | 11% |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | --- |
White | 23% |
Two or more races | 0% |
Race & ethnicity unknown | 50% |
Transfer-out Rate: 17%
Cohort year 2015
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Bachelor's degree-seeking subcohort (n=87) by financial aid status
Pell recipients: 20.3%
Subsidized Loan recipients (no Pell): 25%
Neither Pell nor Subsidized Loan: 45.5%
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 2021 and returned in Fall 2022
First-time full-time (87 students): 58.6%
First-time part-time (64 students): 64.1%
Transfer full-time (741 students): 58.6%
Transfer part-time (492 students): 55.1%
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)