University at Albany Acceptance Rate & Admissions

With an admission rate of 69.1%, University at Albany admitted that share of the reported applicant pool. This sits below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The figure summarizes a prior applicant pool rather than an individual admission outcome.

Federal grant aid and transfer entry are both visible at University at Albany, where 43.7% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants. Undergraduate enrollment is 12,564, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 31.0%.

The composition includes a substantial group using Pell Grants alongside people continuing coursework begun at another institution, rather than a population defined by one entry route. These figures describe who attends the public university; they do not describe admission priorities or any applicant’s likelihood of admission.

The progression picture is mixed: first-year retention is slightly above the comparable-institution midpoint, but six-year completion is below it. For full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students, the retention rate is 83.4%, compared with a peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions.

The first-time full-time cohort has a 61.5% six-year graduation rate, versus 65.0% at comparable institutions. Pell recipients in that cohort complete within six years at 62.8%, above the overall rate by 1.3 percentage points.

Enrolled students can expect returning after the first year to be more common than completing within six years in these reported cohorts. Retention and completion therefore point in different directions against their peer medians.