SUNY Oneonta Overview
Located in Oneonta, New York, SUNY Oneonta is a public institution. Oneonta is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.
What Is SUNY Oneonta Known For?
- The student loan default rate at SUNY Oneonta is 3%, 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.
- Although it may not be available for every major, the post-master's certificate is the highest award a student can attain at SUNY Oneonta.
- For the 2017-2018 academic year, 59% of the faculty were full-time.
- After graduation, SUNY Oneonta bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $43,400 a year. That's about 6% more than their peers at other schools.
- It takes the average SUNY Oneonta student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.
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SUNY Oneonta Rankings
Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SUNY Oneonta.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards SUNY Oneonta has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#1 | Best Value Colleges for Arts & Media Management | College Factual |
#3 | Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences | College Factual |
#17 | Best Value Colleges for Social Sciences | College Factual |
#24 | Best Value Colleges for Psychology | College Factual |
#24 | Best Value Colleges for English Language & Literature | College Factual |
#25 | Best Value Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts | College Factual |
Where Is SUNY Oneonta?

Contact details for SUNY Oneonta are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015 |
Phone: | 607-436-3500 |
Website: | https://suny.oneonta.edu |
Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/SUNYOneonta |
Twitter: | http://twitter.com/SUNY_Oneonta |
How Do I Get Into SUNY Oneonta?
You can apply to SUNY Oneonta online at: https://suny.oneonta.edu/apply-now
Admission Requirements for SUNY Oneonta
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | required |
Recommendations | required |
SAT or ACT Scores | required |
TOEFL | required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Oneonta?
Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 62%.
Average Test Scores
About 85% of students accepted to SUNY Oneonta submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 600. Math scores were between 520 and 590.
Can I Afford SUNY Oneonta?
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 Oneonta, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $7,239 a year. That adds up to $28,956 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Oneonta is 2.7%. 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 Oneonta Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 497 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 5,942 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Oneonta, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of SUNY Oneonta students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 128 |
Black or African American | 295 |
Hispanic or Latino | 900 |
White | 4,340 |
International Students | 42 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 237 |
Geographic Diversity
New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY Oneonta. At this time, 7 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Online Learning at SUNY Oneonta
The following chart shows how the online learning population at SUNY Oneonta has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 68th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.
Online Growth Rankings of SUNY Oneonta
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SUNY Oneonta was 34.5%. This is the #629 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SUNY Oneonta regardless of major.
The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of SUNY Oneonta majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.
Major | 1-Year Growth Rate |
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Education | 6% |
Multilingual Education | 50% |
Special Education | 22% |
Student Counseling | 33% |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 18% |
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SUNY Oneonta ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at SUNY Oneonta.
Major | Growth Rate Rank | |
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Student Counseling | #5 | |
Education | #130 |
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 Oneonta Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
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
- Image Credit: By Roy Saplin under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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