SUNY Old Westbury Overview

SUNY Old Westbury is a public institution located in Old Westbury, New York. The suburban atmosphere of Old Westbury makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is SUNY Old Westbury Known For?

• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at SUNY Old Westbury.
• During a recent academic cycle, 41% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from SUNY Old Westbury makes roughly $58,526 a year. This is 43% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is SUNY Old Westbury?

Contact details for SUNY Old Westbury are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	223 Store Hill Rd, Old Westbury, NY 11568-0210
Phone:	516-876-3000
Website:	www.oldwestbury.edu

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How Do I Get Into SUNY Old Westbury?

You can apply to SUNY Old Westbury online at: www.suny.edu/student/

Admission Requirements for SUNY Old Westbury

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Old Westbury?

SUNY Old Westbury has the high acceptance rate of 92%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 12% of students accepted to SUNY Old Westbury submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 618. Math scores were between 500 and 588.

Can I Afford SUNY Old Westbury?

The overall average net price of SUNY Old Westbury is $25,225. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SUNY Old Westbury, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $4,948 a year. That adds up to $19,792 over four years for those students.

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SUNY Old Westbury Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,659 undergraduate students at SUNY Old Westbury, with 3,959 being full-time and 700 being part-time.

There are also 348 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,959 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Old Westbury, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	462
Black or African American	1,123
Hispanic or Latino	1,120
White	1,023
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	186

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY Old Westbury. At this time, 7 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 22 countries are represented at SUNY Old Westbury. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and South Korea.

SUNY Old Westbury Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Accounting	74	25	99
General Psychology	93	0	93
General Biology	67	0	67
Teacher Education Grade Specific	65	0	65
Special Education	50	13	63
Criminology	57	0	57
Teacher Education Subject Specific	13	43	56
Business Administration & Management	53	0	53
Public Health	45	0	45
Political Science & Government	43	0	43
Communication & Media Studies	42	0	42
Computer Information Systems	41	0	41
Liberal Arts General Studies	34	3	37
General English Literature	36	0	36
History	33	0	33
Sociology	31	0	31
Finance & Financial Management	27	0	27
General Business/Commerce	24	0	24
General Visual & Performing Arts	23	0	23
Mental & Social Health Services	0	21	21
Marketing	19	0	19
Management Information Systems	18	0	18
Area Studies	14	0	14
Multilingual Education	13	0	13
Taxation	0	12	12
Security Science and Technology	0	12	12
Mathematics	8	0	8
Human Resource Management	7	0	7
Romance Languages	6	0	6
Information Science	0	5	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	3	0	3
General Philosophy & Religious Studies	3	0	3
Chemistry	3	0	3
Natural Resources Conservation	1	0	1
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	0
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0
Other Social Sciences	0	0	0
TOTAL	946	134	1,080

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
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