SUNY Fredonia Overview

Located in Fredonia, New York, SUNY Fredonia is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Fredonia draws many to the area.

What Is SUNY Fredonia Known For?

• The student loan default rate at SUNY Fredonia is 5%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at SUNY Fredonia.
• In 2017-2018, 57% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from SUNY Fredonia makes roughly $41,700 a year. This is 2% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average SUNY Fredonia student 4.3 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

SUNY Fredonia Rankings

We have ranked SUNY Fredonia as #517 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SUNY Fredonia.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Value Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#53	Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#69	Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#79	Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#88	Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#101	Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#140	Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#174	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards SUNY Fredonia has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#6	Best Musical Theater Schools	College Factual
#13	Best Theater Design & Technology Schools	College Factual
#52	Best English & Language Arts Education Schools	College Factual
#74	Best Theater Arts Schools	College Factual
#75	Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools	College Factual
#127	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	College Factual

Where Is SUNY Fredonia?

Contact details for SUNY Fredonia are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	280 Central Ave, Fredonia, NY 14063-1136
Phone:	716-673-3111
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/fredoniau
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/fredoniau

How Do I Get Into SUNY Fredonia?

You can apply to SUNY Fredonia online at: www.fredonia.edu/admissions/applysuny.asp

Admission Requirements for SUNY Fredonia

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Fredonia?

With an acceptance rate of 72%, SUNY Fredonia may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Average Test Scores

About 93% of students accepted to SUNY Fredonia submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

SUNY Fredonia received ACT scores from 16% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford SUNY Fredonia?

The overall average net price of SUNY Fredonia is $25,166. 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 Fredonia, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $6,996 a year. That adds up to $27,984 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Fredonia is 4.5%. 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 Fredonia Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,853 undergraduate students at SUNY Fredonia, with 3,738 being full-time and 115 being part-time.

There are also 202 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,738 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Fredonia, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	64
Black or African American	311
Hispanic or Latino	364
White	2,722
International Students	62
Other Races/Ethnicities	215

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY Fredonia. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at SUNY Fredonia

In 2019-2020, 3,812 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of SUNY Fredonia

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SUNY Fredonia was 696.3%. This is the #124 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SUNY Fredonia 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%.

SUNY Fredonia Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Teacher Education Subject Specific	74	0	22	96
Business Administration & Management	90	0	0	90
Music	50	0	19	69
General Psychology	66	0	0	66
Drama & Theater Arts	54	0	0	54
Communication Sciences	20	0	24	44
Teacher Education Grade Specific	43	0	0	43
Social Work	39	0	0	39
Criminal Justice & Corrections	38	0	0	38
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	36	0	0	36
Public Relations & Advertising	33	0	0	33
General Biology	23	0	8	31
Accounting	31	0	0	31
Health & Physical Education	29	0	0	29
Special Education	28	0	0	28
Computer Science	25	0	0	25
Design & Applied Arts	24	0	0	24
Marketing	22	0	0	22
History	20	0	0	20
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	20	0	0	20
General English Literature	18	0	0	18
Political Science & Government	18	0	0	18
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	13	0	4	17
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	15	15
Arts & Media Management	15	0	0	15
Fine & Studio Arts	15	0	0	15
Communication & Media Studies	14	0	0	14
Sociology	14	0	0	14
Journalism	13	0	0	13
Economics	13	0	0	13
General Visual & Performing Arts	13	0	0	13
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	12	0	0	12
Information Science	10	0	0	10
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	10	0	0	10
Genetics	8	0	0	8
Chemistry	8	0	0	8
Geological & Earth Sciences	7	0	0	7
Audiovisual Communications	6	0	0	6
Teaching English or French	0	0	5	5
Applied Mathematics	4	0	0	4
Mathematics	4	0	0	4
Educational Administration	0	3	0	3
Multilingual Education	0	3	0	3
Physics	3	0	0	3
Dance	3	0	0	3
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	3	0	0	3
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	1	0	0	1
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	1	1
Romance Languages	1	0	0	1
Other Statistics	1	0	0	1
Philosophy	1	0	0	1
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
Other Communication Technology	0	0	0	0
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0
Biological & Physical Science	0	0	0	0
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	0	0
Anthropology	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	993	6	98	1,097

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.