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# SUNY Oneonta Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at SUNY Oneonta?

SUNY Oneonta’s reported acceptance rate is 69.6%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
69.6%

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.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2024-25

**Applicants**
15,532

**Admitted**
10,813

Source: SUNY Oneonta Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

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.

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled SUNY Oneonta students report?

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.48 reported average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students; 99.6% had a reported GPA. That figure is an average for those who reported it, rather than an admission cutoff.

Applicants should use SUNY Oneonta’s SAT range of 1100 to 1260 as context for enrolled score submitters: it covers the middle half, and 21% submitted SAT scores. The ACT range of 24 to 28 likewise describes the middle half of enrolled submitters, with 2% submitting ACT scores. These ranges show recent enrolled submitters, not minimum scores for admission.

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

**21% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
1100

**Median**
1190

**75th percentile**
1260

CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

**2% of entering students submitted ACT scores**

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
24

**Median**
26

**75th percentile**
28

CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: SUNY Oneonta Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at SUNY Oneonta?

**Pell Grant recipients**
36.0%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
19.8%

**First-year retention**
75.5%

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.

SUNY Oneonta has 4,643 undergraduates, including 36.0% who receive Pell Grants and an estimated 19.8% who enter as transfers or part-time students. That mix points to a campus with both students using federal grant aid and students arriving after prior college coursework, rather than a single entry route.

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,512 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 824 admitted, and 300 enrolled.

At SUNY Oneonta, 75.5% of students who start full time return after the first year, above the 73.7% median for comparable institutions. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 68.8%, also above the 49.1% peer median.

Pell recipients complete at 68.9%, 0.1 percentage points above the rate for the cohort as a whole. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a six-year graduation rate of 69.7% for the first-time, full-time fall 2018 entering class.

Pell recipients in that cohort completed at 62.6%, below the overall rate. Students who enroll full time can expect to continue past the first year and to finish within six years alongside most of their peers.

## 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/).