Enrollment and Student Outcomes

Fall 2023 Full-Time Undergraduate Enrollment: 3,534

Legal Sex: 67.9% female, 27.0% male, 5.1% Unreported

Race/ethnicity percentage

American Indian or Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian 3.1%
Black or African American 17.7%
Hispanic/Latino 15.6%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.2%
Nonresident 0.5%
Two or more races 3.5%
Race & ethnicity unknown 10.9%
White 48.1%

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

Pell Grant Recipients: 58.3%

TAP Grant Recipients: 32.3%

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 2017
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Undergraduate Students (n=191) by demographics

Overall 29%
Men 27%
Women 30%
Students pursuing bachelor's or equivalent degrees
Nonresident 22%
Hispanic/Latino 18%
American Indian or Alaska Native ---
Asian 0%
Black or African American 28%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander ---
White 24%
Two or more races 0%
Race & ethnicity unknown 0%

Transfer-out Rate: 24%

Cohort year 2017
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Bachelor's degree-seeking subcohort (n=100) by financial aid status

Pell recipients: 30%
Subsidized Loan recipients (no Pell): 40%
Neither Pell nor Subsidized Loan: 20%

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 2022 and returned in Fall 2023
First-time full-time (104 students): 47.1%
First-time part-time (86 students): 65.1%
Transfer full-time (943 students): 54.1%
Transfer part-time (585 students): 62.2%

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)