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University at Albany

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
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%
From State 92%
From Region 3%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 42%
Business & Economics 22%
Life & Natural Sciences 14%
Computer Science 11%
Education 3%
Physical Sciences & Math 3%
Arts 2%
Health Sciences 2%
Engineering 1%

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 (20%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 1,950 (1% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 200 (4% ☔)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 68%
Yield (Unbound) 13%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $352M #13
Humanities & Social Sciences $24M #63
Life & Natural Sciences $70M #131
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 23 #157
Humanities & Social Sciences 96 #193
Life & Natural Sciences 30 #370

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 800 (7%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional

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).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 1,483 38% / 62% 3% $57,991 95%
Atmospheric Science 20 — 65% / 35% 0% $61,181 68 —
Chemistry 25 — 20% / 80% 4% $67,794 79 95%
Mathematics 34 +4 59% / 41% 6% $55,615 57 97%
Physics 6 +1 83% / 17% 0% $65,574 75 100%
Biology 178 +1 38% / 62% 3% $60,820 67 91%
Human Biology 233 +2 27% / 73% 0% $59,539 65 —
Actuarial and Mathematical Sciences 11 — 91% / 9% 0% $83,689 92 —
Economics 175 +9 69% / 31% 10% $66,432 77 91%
Africana Studies 9 +2 33% / 67% 0% $50,534 43 98%
Anthropology 12 +4 33% / 67% 0% $43,029 21 90%
Chinese Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $49,561 40 97%
Communication 132 +18 42% / 58% 3% $58,530 63 100%
East Asian Studies 4 +4 25% / 75% 0% $49,561 40 97%
English 50 +9 26% / 74% 2% $50,340 42 94%
Geography 4 +2 75% / 25% 0% $57,288 60 —
History 61 +8 62% / 38% 0% $54,941 55 87%
Interdisciplinary Studies 58 +10 43% / 57% 9% $54,357 53 —
Japanese Studies — +1 — — $63,246 72 —
Journalism 22 +8 41% / 59% 0% $56,664 59 97%
Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies 2 +4 0% / 100% 0% $49,561 40 97%
Linguistics 10 +2 30% / 70% 0% $62,625 71 —
Philosophy 7 +1 14% / 86% 0% $51,231 45 —
Psychology 285 +40 21% / 79% 2% $55,168 55 96%
Sociology 89 +27 24% / 76% 1% $53,268 50 97%
Spanish 1 +8 0% / 100% 0% $65,086 75 100%
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 9 +3 22% / 78% 0% $50,534 43 98%
Art 16 — 31% / 69% 12% $41,689 18 98%
Art History 2 +2 0% / 100% 0% $41,689 18 98%
Music 7 +2 71% / 29% 0% $40,776 16 —
Theatre 6 +2 17% / 83% 17% $37,328 10 —
Urban Studies and Planning 14 +2 57% / 43% 14% $56,007 58 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity 343 76% / 24% 2% $79,271 98%
Cybersecurity 87 +2 78% / 22% 1% $93,967 96 100%
Informatics 116 +1 70% / 30% 5% $81,880 91 93%
Emergency Management and Homeland Security 140 +16 81% / 19% 0% $67,978 79 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Integrated Health Sciences 63 24% / 76% 2% $66,859 95%
Public Health 63 +2 24% / 76% 2% $66,859 77 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering 136 79% / 21% 12% $94,717
Electrical & Computer Engineering 22 — 82% / 18% 14% $94,016 96 —
Engineering 9 — 89% / 11% 0% $90,845 95 —
Environmental and Sustainable Engineering 8 — 25% / 75% 25% $78,013 88 —
General Engineering 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $91,019 95 —
Computer Science 95 +5 81% / 19% 13% $96,732 97 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Massry School of Business 424 62% / 38% 5% $84,195 91%
Accounting 94 +3 61% / 39% 3% $93,077 96 96%
Business Administration 330 +15 63% / 37% 5% $81,665 90 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy 137 37% / 63% 2% $54,836 95%
Political Science 115 +13 38% / 62% 3% $53,821 52 95%
Public Policy and Management 22 +5 32% / 68% 0% $60,142 66 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Criminal Justice 131 32% / 68% 2% $61,973
Criminal Justice 131 +17 32% / 68% 2% $61,973 70 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Education 91 12% / 88% 2% $53,827
Education 91 +12 12% / 88% 2% $53,827 52 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Social Welfare 27 11% / 89% 4% $57,591 90%
Social Welfare 27 — 11% / 89% 4% $57,591 61 90%

Rankings

My Tribe

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

Engineering

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