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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Potsdam, NY
Population 40,000
Website https://www.potsdam.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 1,950 (1% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 200 (5% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,848
Men / Women 45% / 55%
From State 97%
From Region 2%
Athletes 20.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 71%
Hispanic 11%
Black 7%
Mixed 3%
Native American 2%
Asian 2%
International 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2012 Men: 40.8% 40.8% 2013 Men: 40.7% 40.7% 2014 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2015 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2016 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2017 Men: 40.1% 40.1% 2018 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2019 Men: 33.8% 33.8% 2020 Men: 35.7% 35.7% 2021 Men: 40.4% 40.4% 2022 Men: 39.6% 39.6% 2023 Men: 44.7% 44.7% 2024 Men: 44.9% 44.9%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2018 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2019 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2011 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2013 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2014 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2016 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2017 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2018 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2019 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2021 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2023 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2024 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2011 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2012 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2013 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2014 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2015 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2016 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2017 Black: 6.4% 6.4% 2018 Black: 8.2% 8.2% 2019 Black: 9.2% 9.2% 2020 Black: 10.6% 10.6% 2021 Black: 14.0% 14.0% 2022 Black: 15.5% 15.5% 2023 Black: 18.0% 18.0% 2024 Black: 16.4% 16.4% 2011 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2012 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2013 Hispanic: 3.9% 3.9% 2014 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2015 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2016 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2017 Hispanic: 8.5% 8.5% 2018 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2019 Hispanic: 12.2% 12.2% 2020 Hispanic: 13.9% 13.9% 2021 Hispanic: 20.6% 20.6% 2022 Hispanic: 18.9% 18.9% 2023 Hispanic: 17.8% 17.8% 2024 Hispanic: 15.9% 15.9% 2011 White: 76.7% 76.7% 2012 White: 72.1% 72.1% 2013 White: 73.8% 73.8% 2014 White: 73.8% 73.8% 2015 White: 83.4% 83.4% 2016 White: 78.1% 78.1% 2017 White: 73.6% 73.6% 2018 White: 69.3% 69.3% 2019 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2020 White: 63.0% 63.0% 2021 White: 54.2% 54.2% 2022 White: 54.4% 54.4% 2023 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2024 White: 58.4% 58.4% 2011 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2012 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2013 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2014 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2015 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2016 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2017 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 Native: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2025 Native: 1.9% 1.9% 2020 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2021 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2023 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2025 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 Black: 12.5% 12.5% 2021 Black: 11.5% 11.5% 2022 Black: 9.6% 9.6% 2023 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2024 Black: 8.7% 8.7% 2025 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2020 Hispanic: 14.1% 14.1% 2021 Hispanic: 12.7% 12.7% 2022 Hispanic: 10.9% 10.9% 2023 Hispanic: 10.2% 10.2% 2024 Hispanic: 10.2% 10.2% 2025 Hispanic: 11.1% 11.1% 2020 White: 63.7% 63.7% 2021 White: 66.3% 66.3% 2022 White: 70.4% 70.4% 2023 White: 71.8% 71.8% 2024 White: 70.6% 70.6% 2025 White: 71.2% 71.2% 2020 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2025 International: 1.1% 1.1%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Crane School of Music 87 46% / 54% 0% $53,172 60 97%
Music 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,643 31 94%
Music Education 68 — 43% / 57% 0% $55,305 65 98%
Music Management 9 +1 56% / 44% 0% $48,762 49 94%
Music Performance 6 +15 67% / 33% 0% $42,643 31 94%
Music Theory and History 2 +1 100% / 0% 0% $42,643 31 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Arts and Sciences 310 38% / 62% 1% $47,636 46 95%
Computer Science 10 — 80% / 20% 0% $97,801 98 100%
Chemistry 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $57,132 68 —
Geology 9 +2 44% / 56% 0% $58,012 70 100%
Mathematics 5 +6 20% / 80% 0% $48,923 50 94%
Physics — +1 — — $63,729 78 —
Biochemistry 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,041 62 —
Biology 22 +4 41% / 59% 0% $55,918 66 94%
Environmental Studies 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $37,036 16 95%
Exercise Science 12 — 50% / 50% 8% $52,288 58 —
Public Health 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $53,336 61 —
Business Administration 39 — 54% / 46% 3% $52,269 58 97%
Anthropology 10 +2 40% / 60% 0% $43,516 34 —
Archaeology 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $43,659 34 —
Communication 9 — 11% / 89% 0% $47,615 46 94%
Creative Writing 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $27,828 5 96%
English 5 +7 20% / 80% 0% $46,938 44 100%
Environmental Science and Policy 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $37,036 16 95%
French 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,848 38 —
Global Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,920 57 —
History 14 +6 50% / 50% 0% $35,793 14 91%
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — $44,527 37 —
Political Science 12 — 67% / 33% 0% $52,817 59 —
Psychology 48 +9 23% / 77% 0% $40,697 25 93%
Sociology 20 +6 75% / 25% 0% $47,040 44 89%
Spanish 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,355 36 —
Women's and Gender Studies — +5 — — $45,067 38 —
Writing 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $27,828 5 —
Art History 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $28,639 5 83%
Arts Administration 5 +3 0% / 100% 0% $48,762 49 94%
Dance 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $33,058 10 100%
Digital Arts 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $31,291 8 100%
Studio Art 6 +1 17% / 83% 0% $28,639 5 83%
Theatre 9 — 22% / 78% 0% $37,480 17 96%
Criminal Justice 17 +2 24% / 76% 6% $58,631 71 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Education and Professional Studies 69 20% / 80% 0% $51,633 57 97%
Biology Education 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $55,305 65 98%
Earth Science Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Elementary Education 46 — 13% / 87% 0% $49,957 52 96%
English Education 6 — 17% / 83% 0% $55,305 65 98%
Mathematics Education 4 +1 25% / 75% 0% $55,305 65 98%
Physics Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Social Studies Education 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $55,305 65 98%
Art Education 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $55,305 65 98%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,768
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,678
Est. In-State Cost $11,342
Est. Out-of-State Cost $24,162
ROI Percentile 51th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 33%
6-Year Graduation Rate 45%
Transfer-Out Rate 34%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 51.1% 51.1% 2012 Graduated: 51.4% 51.4% 2013 Graduated: 51.3% 51.3% 2014 Graduated: 54.2% 54.2% 2015 Graduated: 54.8% 54.8% 2016 Graduated: 51.8% 51.8% 2017 Graduated: 52.5% 52.5% 2018 Graduated: 55.8% 55.8% 2019 Graduated: 60.6% 60.6% 2020 Graduated: 50.4% 50.4% 2021 Graduated: 49.8% 49.8% 2022 Graduated: 49.8% 49.8% 2023 Graduated: 47.9% 47.9% 2024 Graduated: 45.3% 45.3%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 44.8% 44.8% 2012 Men: 47.7% 47.7% 2013 Men: 45.9% 45.9% 2014 Men: 44.8% 44.8% 2015 Men: 44.4% 44.4% 2016 Men: 46.9% 46.9% 2017 Men: 48.7% 48.7% 2018 Men: 52.9% 52.9% 2019 Men: 55.5% 55.5% 2020 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2021 Men: 44.9% 44.9% 2022 Men: 45.3% 45.3% 2023 Men: 39.7% 39.7% 2024 Men: 39.8% 39.8% 2011 Women: 55.9% 55.9% 2012 Women: 54.7% 54.7% 2013 Women: 56.0% 56.0% 2014 Women: 60.4% 60.4% 2015 Women: 62.7% 62.7% 2016 Women: 55.2% 55.2% 2017 Women: 55.3% 55.3% 2018 Women: 57.8% 57.8% 2019 Women: 64.1% 64.1% 2020 Women: 55.7% 55.7% 2021 Women: 53.1% 53.1% 2022 Women: 52.9% 52.9% 2023 Women: 53.3% 53.3% 2024 Women: 48.5% 48.5%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 45.2% 45.2% 2012 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 Black: 47.8% 47.8% 2014 Black: 38.1% 38.1% 2015 Black: 60.0% 60.0% 2016 Black: 31.9% 31.9% 2017 Black: 43.9% 43.9% 2018 Black: 59.7% 59.7% 2019 Black: 50.7% 50.7% 2020 Black: 40.2% 40.2% 2021 Black: 38.7% 38.7% 2022 Black: 47.1% 47.1% 2023 Black: 32.1% 32.1% 2024 Black: 31.5% 31.5% 2011 Hispanic: 45.8% 45.8% 2012 Hispanic: 37.0% 37.0% 2013 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2014 Hispanic: 38.5% 38.5% 2015 Hispanic: 54.1% 54.1% 2016 Hispanic: 49.2% 49.2% 2017 Hispanic: 53.9% 53.9% 2018 Hispanic: 51.1% 51.1% 2019 Hispanic: 54.0% 54.0% 2020 Hispanic: 43.9% 43.9% 2021 Hispanic: 37.7% 37.7% 2022 Hispanic: 40.5% 40.5% 2023 Hispanic: 38.1% 38.1% 2024 Hispanic: 37.4% 37.4% 2011 White: 52.4% 52.4% 2012 White: 53.2% 53.2% 2013 White: 54.5% 54.5% 2014 White: 56.2% 56.2% 2015 White: 55.7% 55.7% 2016 White: 53.8% 53.8% 2017 White: 53.6% 53.6% 2018 White: 55.7% 55.7% 2019 White: 64.4% 64.4% 2020 White: 53.8% 53.8% 2021 White: 57.2% 57.2% 2022 White: 54.5% 54.5% 2023 White: 55.7% 55.7% 2024 White: 52.5% 52.5%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 30.5% 142 39% / 61% 0% $42,457 30 93%
Arts 26.4% 123 38% / 62% 0% $48,200 47 97%
Education 14.4% 67 19% / 81% 0% $51,520 56 97%
Business & Economics 8.4% 39 54% / 46% 3% $52,269 58 97%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.2% 24 38% / 62% 0% $55,762 66 94%
Health Sciences 4.1% 19 37% / 63% 5% $52,674 59 —
Professional 3.6% 17 24% / 76% 6% $58,631 71 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 3.2% 15 40% / 60% 0% $54,924 64 98%
Agriculture & Food Science 2.1% 10 30% / 70% 0% $37,036 16 95%
Computer Science 2.1% 10 80% / 20% 0% $97,801 98 100%

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 81%
Yield (Unbound) 10%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 81% 81% 81%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 63.5% 63.5% 2012 Acceptance: 65.3% 65.3% 2013 Acceptance: 68.4% 68.4% 2014 Acceptance: 67.6% 67.6% 2015 Acceptance: 73.9% 73.9% 2016 Acceptance: 71.8% 71.8% 2017 Acceptance: 66.6% 66.6% 2018 Acceptance: 64.3% 64.3% 2019 Acceptance: 68.0% 68.0% 2020 Acceptance: 71.7% 71.7% 2021 Acceptance: 81.3% 81.3% 2022 Acceptance: 82.7% 82.7% 2023 Acceptance: 85.5% 85.5% 2024 Acceptance: 77.7% 77.7% 2011 Yield: 28.0% 28.0% 2012 Yield: 27.3% 27.3% 2013 Yield: 25.2% 25.2% 2014 Yield: 23.8% 23.8% 2015 Yield: 23.2% 23.2% 2016 Yield: 20.1% 20.1% 2017 Yield: 21.1% 21.1% 2018 Yield: 21.1% 21.1% 2019 Yield: 18.0% 18.0% 2020 Yield: 16.6% 16.6% 2021 Yield: 15.9% 15.9% 2022 Yield: 16.9% 16.9% 2023 Yield: 12.9% 12.9% 2024 Yield: 10.0% 10.0%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 5,099 5,099 2012 Applicants: 5,022 5,022 2013 Applicants: 4,764 4,764 2014 Applicants: 5,155 5,155 2015 Applicants: 4,976 4,976 2016 Applicants: 5,454 5,454 2017 Applicants: 5,581 5,581 2018 Applicants: 6,423 6,423 2019 Applicants: 5,079 5,079 2020 Applicants: 4,450 4,450 2021 Applicants: 3,225 3,225 2022 Applicants: 3,170 3,170 2023 Applicants: 3,905 3,905 2024 Applicants: 4,530 4,530 2011 Admitted: 3,237 3,237 2012 Admitted: 3,279 3,279 2013 Admitted: 3,257 3,257 2014 Admitted: 3,484 3,484 2015 Admitted: 3,678 3,678 2016 Admitted: 3,915 3,915 2017 Admitted: 3,717 3,717 2018 Admitted: 4,130 4,130 2019 Admitted: 3,452 3,452 2020 Admitted: 3,189 3,189 2021 Admitted: 2,623 2,623 2022 Admitted: 2,621 2,621 2023 Admitted: 3,338 3,338 2024 Admitted: 3,520 3,520 2011 Enrolled: 905 905 2012 Enrolled: 894 894 2013 Enrolled: 821 821 2014 Enrolled: 830 830 2015 Enrolled: 854 854 2016 Enrolled: 788 788 2017 Enrolled: 783 783 2018 Enrolled: 873 873 2019 Enrolled: 622 622 2020 Enrolled: 530 530 2021 Enrolled: 416 416 2022 Enrolled: 444 444 2023 Enrolled: 430 430 2024 Enrolled: 353 353

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2022 Submitted: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 Submitted: 2.0% 2.0% 2024 Submitted: 1.0% 1.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.