Empire State University by the numbers

 

Nearly 40,000 credits awarded for work and life experience

51% of students work full time while attending SUNY Empire.
15% work part time

98%
of students study fully online

Undergrad Student to Faculty Ratio
17:1

More than 85,000 credits transferred from more than 645 institutions



51% of SUNY Empire students are first-generation students

RESIDENCY

  • 92% of students live in New York State – representing all 62 counties
  • 34 states represented (including NY)
  • 97% of our students live in the U.S.
  • 3% of our students indicate a permanent country outside the U.S. – representing 39 countries

38%
of SUNY Empire students have children

67%
of alumni live in New York state

Student Age 

  • 22% between 17-24
  • 66% between 25-49
  • 11%% between 50-64
  • 1% 65 and older

653
Faculty Members

Full-time/Part-time Status:
36% Full-time
64% Part-time

Military 2022-23

  • 300 Active-duty military students
  • 292 Spouses & dependents
  • 427 Veteran students

Financial Aid 2022-23
Total headcount:
15,422

Undergraduate unduplicated headcount:
12,721

Graduate unduplicated headcount:
3,566

13.3% of SUNY Empire undergraduate students received TAP
34.5% of SUNY Empire undergraduate students received Pell
0.5% SUNY Empire undergraduate students received Excelsior

68.5% of SUNY Empire undergraduate students received some type of financial aid (including federal subsidized and unsubsidized loans, federal parent PLUS loans, other types of state and federal grants such as federal supplemental educational opportunity grant, New York state aid for part-time study grant, etc.).

30% of SUNY Empire graduate students received financial aid (including federal unsubsidized loans, the federal TEACH grant, the federal graduate PLUS loan, New York state Veterans Tuition Award, etc.). Graduate students have fewer aid programs than undergraduate students do. Typically, the main source of graduate aid comes from federal loans.