College · Public · Farmingdale, NY · Suburb
Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate63%
6-yr median pay$56k
Net price / yr$11k
Undergrad size9,552
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $11k/yr for a shot at a $56k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 63% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1147 · ACT 24.
If you get in
9,552 undergrads. Medium. Clubs matter for finding your people.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $19k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $11k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$76k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$43k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$32k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $8.6k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $18.5k
- Room & board
- $14.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants36%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans23%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$15k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr53%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$56k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$70k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out24%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 9,552
- Location
- Farmingdale, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White38%
- Hispanic30%
- Asian13%
- Black11%
- Two or more races4%
- International3%
First-gen students40%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time17%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans0%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$40k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$112k · 5-yr
- Blood Bank Technology Specialist$94k · 5-yr
- Construction Engineering Technology/Technician$90k · 5-yr
- Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician$86k · 5-yr
- Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician$85k · 5-yr
- Information Science/Studies$79k · 5-yr
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, General$77k · 5-yr
- Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians$74k · 5-yr
- Computer Programming/Programmer$70k · 5-yr
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other$70k · 5-yr
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other$69k · 5-yr
- Business Administration and Management$63k · 5-yr
- Security Science and Technology$63k · 5-yr
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other$63k · 5-yr
- Biology/Biological Sciences$60k · 5-yr
- Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology$58k · 5-yr
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$58k · 5-yr
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric$57k · 5-yr
- Science, Technology and Society$56k · 5-yr
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$55k · 5-yr
- Design and Visual Communications$51k · 5-yr
- Clinical Psychology$50k · 5-yr
- Applied Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Economicsearnings not reported
- Geographyearnings not reported
- Computer Engineering Technology/Technicianearnings not reported
- Health and Wellnessearnings not reported
- Dental Assisting/Assistantearnings not reported
- Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology/Technicianearnings not reported
- Civil Engineering Technologies/Techniciansearnings not reported
- Network and System Administration/Administratorearnings not reported
- International Business/Trade/Commerceearnings not reported
- Management Scienceearnings not reported
- Nutrition Sciencesearnings not reported
- Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operationsearnings not reported
- Computer Scienceearnings not reported
- Gerontologyearnings not reported