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# SUNY Old Westbury Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at SUNY Old Westbury?

SUNY Old Westbury’s reported acceptance rate is 83.6%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
83.6%

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

SUNY Old Westbury admitted 83.6% of applicants in the reported entering-class cycle, so the rate summarizes how often offers were made within that year's pool. That figure is below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Applicants should place SUNY Old Westbury alongside schools with a range of published admission rates when building an application list. The rate does not predict an admission decision for any individual applicant.

## What SAT and ACT scores do SUNY Old Westbury students report?

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for SUNY Old Westbury in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at SUNY Old Westbury?

**Pell Grant recipients**
49.3%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
41.7%

**First-year retention**
71.8%

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.

SUNY Old Westbury serves a substantial share of undergraduates who receive Pell Grants, alongside many people entering after prior college study. Pell Grant recipients account for 49.3% of undergraduate enrollment, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 41.7%.

Federal enrollment data list 4,162 undergraduates. This mix suggests that the campus includes both students using federal grant aid and students continuing coursework begun elsewhere, rather than relying only on a first-time entry route.

These figures describe the undergraduate body, not admission priorities or an individual applicant’s prospects.

Persistence and completion run somewhat below the comparable-institution medians, although Pell recipients in the completion cohort finish at a higher rate than the overall cohort. The first-year retention rate is 71.8%, compared with a peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions.

For the first-time full-time cohort, the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 44.6%, versus 49.1% at comparable institutions. Pell recipients in that cohort have a six-year completion rate of 47.9%, above the overall rate by 3.3 percentage points.

The return-to-campus and six-year completion figures both sit below their peer medians, while Pell completion is higher than the overall rate.

## 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/).