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# State University of New York at Oswego Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at SUNY Oswego?

SUNY Oswego’s reported acceptance rate is 80.5%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
80.5%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

State University of New York at Oswego admits 80.5% of applicants, a rate that sits below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The gap is modest, and the rate describes broad access rather than narrow selectivity.

## What SAT and ACT scores do SUNY Oswego students report?

The middle half of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores at State University of New York at Oswego earned between 1,070 and 1,270. For the ACT, the middle half of submitted scores ranged from 23 to 29.

These ranges describe the enrolled class, not minimum requirements. An applicant whose scores sit near the lower end of either range still falls within the profile of recent entering students.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at SUNY Oswego. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1070

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1270

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
23

**75th percentile**
29

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at SUNY Oswego?

**Pell Grant recipients**
39.7%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
29.9%

**First-year retention**
70.5%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

State University of New York at Oswego enrolls 5,473 undergraduates. Two entry routes shape the student body: an estimated 29.9% arrive as transfers or part-time students, and 39.6% receive Pell Grants.

The composition suggests a campus where a large share of students did not start as first-time freshmen, and where federal grant aid is a common part of the financing picture.

Of full-time students who start at State University of New York at Oswego, 70.5% return for a second year and 60.4% finish within six years. The retention rate sits below the median of 73.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size), while the six-year rate clears its peer median of 49.1%.

Pell recipients in the entering cohort complete at 62.5%, which is 2.1 percentage points above the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect a campus where Pell students finish at a rate that exceeds the overall figure, and where the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) clears the peer median.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).