Fall 2020 Full-Time Undergraduate Enrollment: 3,654
Gender: 66.8% female, 27.4% male, 5.8% unreported
Race/ethnicity percentage
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Asian | 2.8% |
| Black or African American | 18.4% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 12.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| Nonresident alien | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.7% |
| Race & ethnicity unknown | 7.8% |
| White | 53.2% |
Pell Grant Recipients: 54.5%
TAP Grant Recipients: 29.0%
(Data source: Official fall enrollment from SIRIS ESS file)
Degrees Awarded 2019-20 (7-01-19 to 6-30-20)
| Associate | Bachelor's | |
| Accounting | --- | 12 |
| Allied Health | --- | 6 |
| Business Administration | --- | 1 |
| Business, Management & Economics | 82 | 642 |
| Community & Human Services | 68 | 416 |
| Cultural Studies | 5 | 105 |
| Educational Studies | 26 | 102 |
| Historical Studies | 3 | 30 |
| Human Development | 14 | 147 |
| Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Studies | 105 | 61 |
| Labor Studies | 140 | 14 |
| Nursing | --- | 118 |
| Psychology | --- | 1 |
| Public Affairs | --- | 52 |
| Science, Math & Technology | 82 | 155 |
| Social Science | 3 | 31 |
| The Arts | 7 | 62 |
| UG Certificates | 5 |
(Data source: Operational Data Store Academic Outcomes view)
First-Time Full-Time Graduation Rates
Cohort year 2014
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Undergraduate Students (n=185) by demographics
| Overall | 27% |
| Men | 26% |
| Women | 27% |
| Students pursuing bachelor's or equivalent degrees | |
| Nonresident alien | 25% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 28% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | --- |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Black or African American | 19% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | --- |
| White | 18% |
| Two or more races | 50% |
| Race & ethnicity unknown | 0.0% |
Transfer-out Rate: 19%
Cohort year 2014
150% of Normal Time to Completion for First-time Full-time Bachelor's degree-seeking subcohort (n=110) by financial aid status
Pell recipients: 25.6%
Subsidized Loan recipients (no Pell): 45.5%
Neither Pell nor Subsidized Loan: 23.1%
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 2019 and returned in Fall 2020
First-time full-time (n=90): 67.8%
First-time part-time (n=89): 64.0%
Transfer full-time (n=847): 58.2%
Transfer part-time (n=673): 60.9%
Note: The retention rates above include all degree-seeking 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 107kB)
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)