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SUNY New Paltz Overview

SUNY New Paltz is a public institution located in New Paltz, New York. SUNY New Paltz is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is SUNY New Paltz Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$28,503 Avg Cost After Aid
46% Acceptance Rate
  • The 1% student loan default rate at SUNY New Paltz is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The highest award offered at SUNY New Paltz is the post-master's certificate.
  • In <nil>, 53% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from SUNY New Paltz makes roughly $54,978 a year. This is 35% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from SUNY New Paltz to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is SUNY New Paltz?

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Contact details for SUNY New Paltz are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561-2443
Phone: 877-696-7411
Website: www.newpaltz.edu

How Do I Get Into SUNY New Paltz?

You can apply to SUNY New Paltz online at: www.newpaltz.edu/admissions/apply.html

Admission Requirements for SUNY New Paltz

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Required
TOEFL Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY New Paltz?

46% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women
18% Submit SAT Scores
SUNY New Paltz has a fairly low acceptance rate of 46%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 41%, and the acceptance rate for women is 49%.

Average Test Scores

About 18% of students accepted to SUNY New Paltz submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 668. Math scores were between 570 and 650.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for SUNY New Paltz  ( 580 to 668 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for SUNY New Paltz  ( 570 to 650 )
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800
SUNY New Paltz received ACT scores from 4% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 32. Math scores were between 22 and 28. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

ACT English Scores for SUNY New Paltz  ( 23 to 32 )
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ACT Math Scores for SUNY New Paltz  ( 22 to 28 )
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ACT Composite Scores for SUNY New Paltz  ( 24 to 30 )
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36

Can I Afford SUNY New Paltz?

$28,503 Net Price
51% Take Out Loans
1.1% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of SUNY New Paltz is $28,503. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At SUNY New Paltz, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $6,133 a year. That adds up to $24,532 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SUNY New Paltz is 1.1%. 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.

SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Student Diversity

5,622 Full-Time Undergraduates
64% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 6,256 undergraduate students at SUNY New Paltz, with 5,622 being full-time and 634 being part-time.

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There are also 819 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,622 full-time undergraduates at SUNY New Paltz, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of SUNY New Paltz students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 264
Black or African American 416
Hispanic or Latino 1,296
White 3,258
International Students 92
Other Races/Ethnicities 296

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY New Paltz. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 38 countries are represented at SUNY New Paltz. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Turkey, and China.

Online Learning at SUNY New Paltz

381 Took All Classes Online
3,189 Took At Least One Class Online
668.8% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 3,189 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SUNY New Paltz has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of SUNY New Paltz

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SUNY New Paltz was 668.8%. This is the #131 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SUNY New Paltz regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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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