Admissions & selectivity
State University of New York at Plattsburgh Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at State University of New York at Plattsburgh?
State University of New York at Plattsburgh’s reported acceptance rate is 78.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 78.4%
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
For the reported entering class, 78.4% was the share of applicants offered admission by State University of New York at Plattsburgh. That rate sits below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do State University of New York at Plattsburgh students report?
The middle half of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores scored between 1,080 and 1,250. For those who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 22 to 28.
These ranges describe the score distribution of recent enrolled students who chose to submit, not a minimum for admission. Applicants can compare their own results with the SAT and ACT ranges described above. The figures reflect only the students who provided scores.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1080
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1250
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.
- 25th percentile
- 22
- 75th percentile
- 28
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at State University of New York at Plattsburgh?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40.6%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 31.6%
- First-year retention
- 73.2%
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 Plattsburgh serves an undergraduate population that includes many Pell Grant recipients and a notable transfer presence. Pell Grants go to 40.6% of undergraduates, and an estimated 31.6% of the undergraduate population entered as transfers or part-time students.
With 3,769 undergraduates, the composition points to a public university serving both students who receive federal grant aid and those arriving from prior college study. Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should use the school’s published admissions and transfer information to identify the materials that apply to their entry path.
These figures describe who attends, rather than any admission priority or individual applicant’s prospects.
State University of New York at Plattsburgh’s completion record is stronger than its peer benchmark, although first-year retention sits slightly below its peer median. The first-year retention rate is 73.2%, below the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions.
For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 58.5%, above the peer median of 49.1%. Pell recipients in that cohort complete within six years at 61.9%, above the overall rate by 3.4 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect a retention rate near the peer midpoint and a six-year completion outcome above it. The retention and completion measures point in different directions, so persistence and degree completion should be considered separately.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, 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.
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