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SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia, New York·Public, 4-year or above·Mid East·fredonia.edu
6-yr Graduation
50%
—
Total enrollment
3,179
peer median 3,346
Avg net price
$15,897
+$531 vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
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About

SUNY Fredonia is a public university located in Fredonia, New York, founded in 1826. The institution has over 3,200 students and offers more than 80 degree programs, with notable strengths in music education and hands-on research.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
6,331
6,331 candidates competed
Admitted
4,919
77.7% acceptance rate
Enrolled
690
14.0% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
50%
4-year graduation
37%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
50%
Full-time retention
76%

Pell equity

20.2pp gap
Pell recipients
40%232 of 580
Non-Pell (all)
60%358 of 595
Subsidized loan, no Pell
55%131 of 237
No Federal Aid
63%227 of 358

Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 64 Title IV programs, 29 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 35 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
64
Passing
29
45.3% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

64programs
  • Passing29 · 45.3%
  • No Data35 · 54.7%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
6
Safe
23
No data
35

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

29
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Master's Degree · Education
+11.1%
$51,519 vs $46,391
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+15.8%
$39,770 vs $34,350
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
Master's Degree · Education
+19.2%
$55,315 vs $46,391
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+19.2%
$40,929 vs $34,350
Music
Master's Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+19.4%
$57,662 vs $48,304
Leisure and Recreational Activities
Bachelor Degree · Leisure And Recreational Activities
+23.1%
$42,292 vs $34,350
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+25.4%
$43,087 vs $34,350
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
+32.7%
$61,562 vs $46,391

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

24
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
68%
$27,000 debt · $39,770 earn
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
67%
$40,955 debt · $61,562 earn
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
64%
$26,000 debt · $40,929 earn
Radio Television and Digital Communication
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
59%
$27,000 debt · $45,784 earn
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
59%
$26,980 debt · $45,794 earn
Arts Entertainment and Media Management
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
53%
$27,000 debt · $50,671 earn
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
51%
$21,875 debt · $43,087 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Bachelor Degree · Education
51%
$26,958 debt · $53,292 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1952Next review Jan 2028

Programmatic accreditations · 5

Action history · 7

  1. Jul 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  2. Nov 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  3. Sep 2020Approved for Distance Education
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  4. Apr 2020Approved for Distance Education
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  5. Feb 2020Approved for Distance Education
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$9,395
$30–48k$11,327
$48–75k$16,116
$75–110k$16,302
$110k+$20,743

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$15,897
+$531vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs median $15,366
Federal loans
65.1%
In-state tuition
$8,831
Out-of-state
$19,771

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,183 students received $6.8M in Pell grants, alongside $17.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,183
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$6.8M
$6,849,898 total
Direct Loans
$17.4M
3,367 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$4.7M
1,220 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$6.4M
1,642 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$3.0M
220 loan awards
Parent PLUS$3.2M
272 loan awards
Grad PLUS$125K
13 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,425 borrowers who entered repayment, 34 (2.3%) defaulted within three years.

Default rate
2.3%
vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,425
Defaulted
34
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
4.8%
2017
4.5%
2018
4.5%
2019
2.3%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at SUNY at Fredonia

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs84
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

739 total completions
01Education
21829.5%
02Visual/Performing Arts
18224.6%
03Business
638.5%
04Psychology
577.7%
05Health Professions
537.2%
06Communication
476.4%
07Biological Sciences
476.4%
08Parks/Recreation
253.4%
09Security/Protective
243.2%
10English Language
233.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
3,179
12-mo unduplicated
3,550
Undergraduate
3,017
Graduate
533

Gender split

Men
41%1,449
Women
59%2,101

Race / ethnicity composition

White
75.2%
Hispanic
10.6%
Black
6.1%
Two or more
3.3%
Non-resident
1.6%
Asian
1.5%
Unknown
1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
295
146 M · 149 W
Women athletes
50.5%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$3.0M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$15K
$18K
Head-coach salaries
$49K
$29K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 13

Soccer
27 M · 21 W
$380K
Baseball
46 M · —
$201K
Track and Field (Indoor)
27 M · 14 W
$92K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
27 M · 14 W
$92K
Basketball
19 M · 16 W
$363K
Softball
— · 24 W
$102K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
4.97
16 offenses · 3,220 students

3-year trend

2.662 yrs ago4.871 yr ago4.97Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
43
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
34
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
3
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
3

Criminal offenses by type

Fondling
13
Rape
2
Aggravated assault
1

By location

16total
  • On campus16

Includes 8 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

4
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
11
Stalking
16 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Gender identity2
  • Gender1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs021
Liquor235

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
11.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
206

SUNY at Fredonia vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions SUNY at Fredonia selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectSUNY at Fredonia
50%—3,179$15,897Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Bemidji State University
46%56.0%4,072$15,261Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Black Hills State University
43%96.3%3,346$15,911Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Eastern Connecticut State University
57%83.0%4,355$21,067Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Fairmont State University
44%98.6%3,305$9,032Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Indiana University-East
39%67.2%3,203$8,134Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Mississippi Valley State University
27%92.4%2,205$9,686Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Northern State University
55%93.0%3,708$15,812Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
SUNY College at Geneseo
71%66.4%3,945$18,211Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
The University of Tennessee-Martin
53%88.2%7,499$10,701Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online
23%—1,478$10,864Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
West Liberty University
56%97.3%2,299$15,366Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Western Colorado University
50%99.7%3,568$16,425Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peer group median50%92.4%3,346$15,366

Institutions like SUNY at Fredonia

Explore the federal data for institutions in SUNY at Fredonia's comparison group.

IPEDS

SUNY at Fredonia Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Planning & Assessment
Reports to Office of the Vice Provost
Email
assessment [at] fredonia.edu
Phone
716-673-4864
Address
125 Reed Library, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063

The page discusses assessment initiatives and efforts at SUNY at Fredonia, detailing the roles of different divisions in program reviews and data collection for strategic planning. It also provides links to resources related to these assessments and outlines the data request process for departments.

Visit IR office page

Common Data Set

SUNY at Fredonia's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

Reports & documents (6)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Frequently asked questions about SUNY at Fredonia

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about SUNY at Fredonia.

What is the graduation rate at SUNY at Fredonia?

SUNY at Fredonia reports a 6-year graduation rate of 50% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend SUNY at Fredonia?

SUNY at Fredonia reports a total enrollment of 3,179 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at SUNY at Fredonia?

The average net price at SUNY at Fredonia is $15,897 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at SUNY at Fredonia?

SUNY at Fredonia's yield rate is 14.0%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is SUNY at Fredonia located?

SUNY at Fredonia is located in Fredonia, New York 14063-1136.

Who runs Institutional Research at SUNY at Fredonia?

SUNY at Fredonia's IR work is done by the Office of Planning & Assessment, which reports to Office of the Vice Provost.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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