by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
SUNY Oneonta was awarded 57 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is digital arts.
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SUNY Oneonta landed the #1,145 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
SUNY Oneonta also holds the #73 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
The acceptance rate at SUNY Oneonta is a competitive 70%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, SUNY Oneonta is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at SUNY Oneonta is 63%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
SUNY Oneonta has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At SUNY Oneonta the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 66%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,190 undergraduates at SUNY Oneonta with 6,059 being full-time and 131 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,696 | $14,199 | $18,271 | $19,536 | $23,604 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of SUNY Oneonta, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SUNY Oneonta, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $6,673 a year. That adds up to $26,692 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Oneonta is 2.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of SUNY Oneonta.
Contact details for SUNY Oneonta are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015 |
| Phone: | 607-436-3500 |
| Website: | https://suny.oneonta.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Communication & Media Studies | 186 | $30,755 |
| General Psychology | 164 | $31,254 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 146 | $28,981 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 129 | $43,456 |
| General Biology | 111 | $27,099 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 66 | $32,066 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 65 | $28,773 |
| Arts & Media Management | 56 | $26,930 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 54 | NA |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 50 | $29,019 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 4,582 students took at least one online class at SUNY Oneonta. This is a decrease from the 6,655 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,582 | 649 |
| 2019-2020 | 6,655 | 6,580 |
| 2018-2019 | 374 | 363 |
| 2017-2018 | 396 | 350 |
| 2016-2017 | 361 | 268 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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