SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Overview

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a public institution situated in Syracuse, New York. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Known For?

• The student loan default rate at ESF is 1%, 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 doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at ESF.
• In <nil>, 72% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from ESF makes roughly $53,274 a year. This is 31% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average ESF student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry?

Contact details for ESF are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone:	315-470-6500
Website:	www.esf.edu

How Do I Get Into ESF?

You can apply to ESF online at: www.esf.edu/admissions/apply.htm

Admission Requirements for ESF

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	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into ESF?

ESF has an acceptance rate of 65%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 61%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Can I Afford SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry?

The overall average net price of ESF is $31,773. 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 ESF, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $7,536 a year. That adds up to $30,144 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at ESF is 0.8%. 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 College of Environmental Science and Forestry Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,638 undergraduate students at ESF, with 1,278 being full-time and 360 being part-time.

There are also 374 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,278 full-time undergraduates at ESF, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	37
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	107
White	984
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	103

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

In 2020-2021, 338 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of ESF

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry was 1,001.7%. This is the #99 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at ESF 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By DASonnenfeld under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.