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University at Albany

Basic Information

Type Public
Location Albany, NY
Population 550,000
Website https://www.albany.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 12,100
Men / Women 46% / 54%
White 44%
Black 18%
Hispanic 18%
Asian 8%
Mixed 5%
International 4%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 42%
Business & Economics 22%
Life & Natural Sciences 18%
Engineering, Computing & Math 10%
Education 3%
Professional 3%
Arts 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,866
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $31,256
Est. In-State Cost $14,056
Est. Out-of-State Cost $40,433
10-Year ROI $215,000
ROI Percentile 87th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 83%
4-Year Graduation Rate 54%
6-Year Graduation Rate 61%
Transfer-Out Rate 27%

Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 1,950 (1th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 200 (4th pctl)
Muggyness Very Dry

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 55%
Yield (Unbound) 13%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $352M #13
Humanities & Social Sciences $24M #64
Life & Natural Sciences $70M #132
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 23 #158
Humanities & Social Sciences 96 #199
Life & Natural Sciences 30 #393

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 800 (7%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

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Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
University at Albany 2,835 46% / 54% 4% $65,200
Computer Science 95 +5 81% / 19% 13% —
Electrical and Computer Engineering 22 — 82% / 18% 14% —
Engineering 9 — 89% / 11% 0% —
Environmental Engineering 8 — 25% / 75% 25% —
General Engineering 2 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Informatics 116 +1 70% / 30% 5% $75,815
Mathematics 34 +4 59% / 41% 6% $51,495
Physics 6 +1 83% / 17% 0% $60,717
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 20 — 65% / 35% 0% —
Biology 178 +1 38% / 62% 3% $56,315
Chemistry 25 — 20% / 80% 4% $62,772
Human Biology 233 +2 27% / 73% 0% —
Public Health 63 +2 24% / 76% 2% $72,759
Accounting 94 +3 61% / 39% 3% $89,195
Actuarial Science 11 — 91% / 9% 0% —
Business Management and Administration 330 +15 63% / 37% 5% $91,370
Economics 175 +9 69% / 31% 10% $61,511
African-American/Black Studies 9 +2 33% / 67% 0% —
Anthropology 12 +4 33% / 67% 0% $39,842
Chinese Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Criminal Justice 131 +17 32% / 68% 2% —
East Asian Studies 4 +4 25% / 75% 0% —
English 50 +9 26% / 74% 2% $46,611
Geography 4 +2 75% / 25% 0% —
History 61 +8 62% / 38% 0% $50,871
Homeland Security 140 +16 81% / 19% 0% —
Interdisciplinary Studies 58 +10 43% / 57% 9% —
Japanese
Journalism 22 +8 41% / 59% 0% $52,467
Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2 +4 0% / 100% 0% —
Linguistics 10 +2 30% / 70% 0% —
Philosophy 7 +1 14% / 86% 0% —
Political Science 115 +13 38% / 62% 3% $49,834
Psychology 285 +40 21% / 79% 2% $51,081
Public Policy 22 +5 32% / 68% 0% —
Social Work 27 — 11% / 89% 4% $56,824
Sociology 89 +27 24% / 76% 1% $49,322
Spanish 1 +8 0% / 100% 0% —
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 132 +18 42% / 58% 3% —
Women's Studies 9 +3 22% / 78% 0% —
Education 91 +12 12% / 88% 2% —
Art History 2 +2 0% / 100% 0% —
Art/Art Studies 16 — 31% / 69% 12% —
Music 7 +2 71% / 29% 0% —
Theater 6 +2 17% / 83% 17% —
Urban Studies/Affairs 14 +2 57% / 43% 14% —
Cybersecurity 87 +2 78% / 22% 1% —

Rankings

My Tribe

Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
I'm Jewish, You're Jewish, Everyone's Jewish

Engineering, Computing & Math

I Have Always Loved Legos General Engineering
Actually Employable and Won't Spend 10 Years Paying Off Debt

Humanities & Social Sciences

Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
FBI Most Wanted... To Hire

Professional

Future Firefighters, Paramedics, and Emergency Managers Public Safety
Mutual Aid