SUNY Oneonta

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, SUNY Oneonta reported in-state tuition of $7,070 and required fees of $1,705 for the 2025-26 academic year. The published sticker charges list on-campus food and housing of $16,284, while out-of-state tuition is $18,020.

The published cost of attendance is $28,821. For aid recipients, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $19,158, with financial aid offsetting $9,663 from the published cost on average.

At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median net price is $14,068, and the university's average is $5,090 above that mark. Azimuth places the affordability pillar in the 65th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The average net price remains above the peer median.

The published cost of attendance at SUNY Oneonta is $28,821. For aid recipients, average net price—what families pay after grants and scholarships—runs $11,044 in the lowest family-income band, $19,189 in the middle band, and $25,382 in the highest band.

The gap from the lowest to the highest band is $14,338. Azimuth places the affordability pillar in the 65th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Aid covers about 34% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, with average financial aid savings of $9,663. Across all income bands, the average net price is $19,158.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $14,068, while the university sits $5,090 above that mark. Median federal student loan debt at completion is $19,812, and 93.9% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans.

At comparable institutions (same type and size), the median is $21,229, which puts the university $1,417 below that level. The university's median debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $225 a month if repaid over ten years.

For parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $24,845.

Mobility is SUNY Oneonta's strongest pillar, but the return measures offer a mixed reading. Graduates earn about $12,103 less than the model expects for similar students.

Among nonprofit four-year institutions, earnings beyond expectations—the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students—falls in the 14th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,323.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $14,426. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, Azimuth assigns the return pillar to the 33rd percentile.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $58,809 four years after completion, in the 47th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; SUNY Oneonta stands $1,508 above it. Peer earnings are higher, though the model’s expectation measure points lower.

SUNY Oneonta graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $58,809 four years after completing a degree. That is $1,508 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The median comes from 1,828 federally aided completers and lands at the 47th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $12,103 less than the model expects for similar students.

This metric compares actual pay with what the model predicts for comparable students. That places the gap at the 14th percentile.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $48,048 to $73,972, with a typical scenario of $58,809. An estimated 31.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of SUNY Oneonta who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $58,809, at the 47th percentile. That is $1,508 above the peer median of $57,301, the middle value for comparable institutions of the same type and size.

Graduates earn about $12,103 less than the model expects for similar students, placing that gap at the 14th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,323.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $14,426. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $583.

Azimuth ranks the university #978 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix show a typical outcome of $58,809, with a downside of $48,048 and an upside reaching $73,972.

Earnings sit just above the peer median, but the overall gap to the model's expectation is negative because the portion the model cannot account for subtracts. The program mix itself adds to expected earnings, yet the unexplained remainder is larger and subtracts.

An estimated 31.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The largest programs lean toward education and the social sciences, while the highest-earning programs include some of the same fields alongside smaller ones like accounting and physics. The school's strongest pillar is mobility rather than return.

The modeled earnings range at SUNY Oneonta is wide: the downside scenario is $48,048, and the upside scenario is $73,972. Both figures are scenarios based on the program mix, not observed graduate groups.

Among individual fields, median earnings four years after completion are $90,128 for Accounting, $80,041 for Physics, and $72,651 for Mathematics. These field results help show the variation behind the modeled range.

SUNY Oneonta presents a mixed money picture: borrower debt sits below comparable institutions, while average net price is higher. Among federal-loan borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $19,812.

That is below the $21,229 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) by $1,417. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $225 a month if repaid over ten years.

For aid recipients, average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $19,158. It is above the $14,068 peer median by $5,090, and aid covers about 34% of the published cost for the average aid recipient.

Graduates earn about $12,103 less than the model expects for similar students. Lower borrower debt sits alongside a higher average price and lower-than-expected earnings, making the return picture mixed.

At 69.6%, SUNY Oneonta admitted a smaller share of its reported applicant pool than the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 15,532 first-year applicants, 10,813 admitted applicants, and 1,212 enrolled students.

The earnings spread across SUNY Oneonta's largest programs is wide, and the highest-paid fields are not the ones awarding the most degrees. Accounting graduates earn a median of $90,128 four years after completion, but the program awards only 12 degrees a year.

Psychology, the largest program at 181 degrees awarded, posts a median of $51,355 and an Azimuth national rank of #153 within its field. Business/Managerial Economics and Biology sit at the higher-earning end among the larger programs, with medians of $70,986 and $71,874 and Azimuth national ranks of #20 and #36, respectively.

Teacher Education, awarding 179 degrees, lands in the middle at $58,496 and holds a strong Azimuth national rank of #18 in its field. A student's field choice here carries a larger earnings consequence than the institution-level median alone would suggest.

SUNY Oneonta has 14 nationally ranked bachelor's programs, and the strongest of them sits in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services ranks #1 in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions, with 22 degrees awarded and median earnings of $64,048 four years after completion.

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management also ranks #7 nationally, though its completers earn $47,324 — a reminder that a strong rank and high earnings do not always travel together. The largest programs tell a different story.

Psychology awards 181 degrees a year and ranks #153 nationally, while Teacher Education awards 179 degrees and ranks #18. The highest earnings come from a much smaller program: Accounting graduates earn $90,128 four years out, from just 12 degrees a year.

Across all fields, Education accounts for 18.2% of bachelor's degrees, followed by Psychology at 12.2% and Visual & Performing Arts at 11.4%.

The program mix at SUNY Oneonta is anchored in the service professions. Education accounts for 18.2% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with Psychology next at 12.2% and Visual & Performing Arts at 11.4%.

Across all fields, 6.5% of degrees are in STEM. The university has 14 programs with an Azimuth national rank and 22 with published four-year earnings data.

The largest single program is Psychology, at 181 degrees awarded, followed closely by Teacher Education at 179 and Communication and Media Studies at 138. The top-ranked programs are Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services and Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management.

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services awards 22 degrees, with median earnings of $64,048 four years after completion, and it ranks #1 in New York within its field. Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management also holds a national rank of #7, with 49 degrees awarded and earnings of $47,324.

Teacher Education, the second-largest program, ranks #18 nationally and #8 in New York within its field, with earnings of $58,496. Business/Managerial Economics is also strong, ranking #20 nationally and #2 in New York within its field, with 133 degrees awarded and earnings of $70,986.

The highest-earning program is a much smaller one: Accounting graduates earn $90,128 four years out, from 12 degrees a year. Subject-Area Teacher Education carries a benchmark ratio of 1.29x against the national median for its field.

The pattern is one of depth in a few fields rather than breadth across many. The education family is the largest and also the most decorated, with two nationally top-ranked programs, while the business program is both large and highly ranked.

The highest earnings come from a small accounting program, and a specialized teaching field carries a benchmark ratio well above the national median. Four-year earnings for fields where graduate study is common may understate later trajectories.