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 3% student loan default rate at ESF 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.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at ESF.
• In 2017-2018, 71% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from ESF makes roughly $45,600 a year. This is 12% 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.

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Rankings

We have ranked ESF as #235 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. ESF also holds the #24 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.

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.

ESF has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#196	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#200	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Paper Science & Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#23	Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#44	Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Paper Science & Engineering Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Energy and Environmental Policy Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Paper Science & Engineering Schools	College Factual
#15	Best Architecture & Related Services Schools	College Factual
#38	Best Engineering Schools	College Factual
#192	Best Schools	Grad Degree

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/sunyesf/
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/sunyesf

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	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 ESF?

With an acceptance rate of 60%, ESF does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 64%.

Average Test Scores

About 82% of students accepted to ESF submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 650. Math scores were between 560 and 650.

ESF received ACT scores from 36% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 30. Math scores were between 24 and 28. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

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 52% of students took out student loans averaging $7,469 a year. That adds up to $29,876 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at ESF is 2.5%. 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 College of Environmental Science and Forestry Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,754 undergraduate students at ESF, with 1,625 being full-time and 129 being part-time.

There are also 373 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,625 full-time undergraduates at ESF, 53% are male and 47% 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	65
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	109
White	1,263
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	116

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 2019-2020, 1,804 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.

This school is the 115th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of ESF

The following table shows how ESF is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Sustainability Science	#13	#16

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.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at ESF 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 ESF.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Sustainability Science	#1
Science Technologies / Technicians	#1
Physical Science Technicians	#1
Other Public Administration	#1
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	#4
Public Administration & Social Service	#7

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 College of Environmental Science and Forestry Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	145	0	28	6	179
Natural Resources Conservation	21	60	0	10	2	93
Natural Resource Management	0	63	0	4	2	69
Forestry	27	18	0	7	1	53
Environmental Engineering	0	40	0	7	3	50
Biomedical Engineering	0	47	0	0	0	47
Zoology	0	33	0	0	0	33
Landscape Architecture	0	17	0	10	0	27
Chemistry	0	10	0	6	4	20
Biotechnology	0	15	0	0	0	15
Paper Science & Engineering	0	7	0	5	2	14
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	13	0	0	0	13
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	8	0	0	0	8
Construction Management	0	8	0	0	0	8
Engineering-Related Technologies	5	0	0	0	0	5
Construction Engineering	0	0	0	4	0	4
Physical Science Technicians	0	0	1	0	0	1
Other Public Administration	0	0	1	0	0	1
Sustainability Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Resources Conservation (Other)	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	53	484	2	81	20	640

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.