College · Private nonprofit · Alfred, NY · Rural
Alfred University
Alfred, NY
Admit rate74%
6-yr median pay$42k
Net price / yr$26k
Undergrad size1,423
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $26k/yr for a shot at a $42k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 74% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1279 · ACT 25.
If you get in
1,423 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $57k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $26k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$230k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$102k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$127k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $41.5k
- Room & board
- $15.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans64%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr57%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$42k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$55k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,423
- Location
- Alfred, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Hispanic11%
- International9%
- Black7%
- Unknown4%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian2%
First-gen students25%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$55k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 38
What you can study.