SUNY College at Potsdam
Potsdam, NY
SUNY College at Potsdam is a public college in Potsdam, New York, a town more than 35 miles from a city, with 1,823 undergraduates. Education and the arts are its signature fields: together they make up 44% of its bachelor's degrees, about five times their share across the colleges we cover. 45% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $47,866 ten years after starting.
SUNY College at Potsdam admitted 3,338 of 3,905 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (85.5%).
- Acceptance rate
- 85.5%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $8,768
- $18,678 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $13,624
- Average, students with aid
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What SUNY College at Potsdam is known for
Measured by the 614 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Education
28.2%
of its bachelor's degrees: about seven times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
The arts
15.8%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 4.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas12119.7% of degrees$57,949+13% vs $51,389 nationally
- Psychology609.8% of degrees$48,601About the $50,706 national median
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods528.5% of degrees$53,834+14% vs $47,382 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations518.3% of degrees$57,066−16% vs $68,257 nationally
- Music447.2% of degrees$36,677−14% vs $42,892 nationally
- Biology254.1% of degrees$49,725−13% vs $57,214 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Remote town
Potsdam, NY
Undergraduates
1,823
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, medium programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
11 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at SUNY College at Potsdam
Three things SUNY College at Potsdam published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
The admit rate rose from 64% to 85% between fall 2018 and fall 2023.
Both ends are measured rates for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast. The fall 2023 figure is the one at the top of this page.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2018 to fall 2023
1% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Most of the enrolled class sent no SAT, so any score range would describe that share of it, not the class. Another 1% sent an ACT. SUNY College at Potsdam files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $13,624 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
85.5%
3,338 admitted of 3,905 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
1%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
1%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at SUNY College at Potsdam?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What SUNY College at Potsdam costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $8,768 ($18,678 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $25,083. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $13,624 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$8,768
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$18,678
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$25,083
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$13,624
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $25,083 full cost.
- Under $30k$8,623Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$8,684Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$14,524Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$15,513Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$20,041Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
45%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
78%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$47,866
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$24,250
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Between fall 2018 and fall 2023 the admit rate rose from 64% to 85%.
What SUNY College at Potsdam says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 26, 2027
Verified August 17, 2026 · Source
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in New York
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Mercy University85.5%
- Niagara University85.3%
- Manhattanville University84.7%
- University of Mount Saint Vincent84.6%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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