Buffalo State vs Oswego State

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	SUNY Buffalo State	SUNY College at Oswego
Overview
Location	Buffalo, New York	Oswego, New York
Campus setting	City: Large	Town: Distant
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	48.0%	75.0%
Common app member	No	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	84.5%	79.6%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $65	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $65
SAT range	930 - 1160	1060 - 1280
ACT range	N/A	24 - 29
Students submitting SAT score	19.0%	30.0%
Students submitting ACT score		4.0%
Total number of applicants	12,057	10,357
Total number of admissions given out	10,193	8,249
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,344	1,168
Yield rate	13.2%	14.2%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $27,150 Out of state: $37,060	In state: $26,709 Out of state: $36,619
Average net price	$9,998	$15,078
Tuition	In state: $7,070 Out of state: $16,980	In state: $7,070 Out of state: $16,980
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $8,506 Meal plan: $5,880	Room/dormitory: $8,990 Meal plan: $5,650
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	88.0% Average amount $9,663	92.0% Average amount $9,827
Students receiving federal student loan	52.0% Average amount $4,720	57.0% Average amount $5,396
Students taking out private loans	3.0% Average amount $10,210	7.0% Average amount $11,732

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	6,147 Men 43.3% Women 56.7%	6,135 Men 47.4% Women 52.6%
Graduate students	1,026 Men 25.7% Women 74.3%	923 Men 37.2% Women 62.8%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Low
Out-of-state students	2.5%	5.8%
International students	1.0%	2.1%
Campus local/setting	City: Large	Town: Distant
Dormitory capacity	2,842	3,600
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	New York New Jersey Mississippi California Connecticut	New York District of Columbia New Jersey Connecticut Pennsylvania

Academics
Popular study areas	Education Multidisciplinary Studies Health Professions Visual & Performing Arts Engineering Technologies	Education Business Biological and Biomedical Sciences Visual & Performing Arts Kinesiology & Leisure Studies
Students to faculty ratio	15:1	16:1
Institutional accreditation	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Outcome
Graduation rate	41.2%	66.4%
Dropout rate	19.8%	6.9%
Transferred out	37.7%	25.9%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $55,172 Year 2: $58,522 Year 3: $72,509 Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $48,939 Year 2: $63,749 Year 3: $69,910 Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,019 Year 2: $44,942 Year 3: $57,686 Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,405 Year 2: $46,254 Year 3: $52,604 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $42,976 Year 2: $44,276 Year 3: $48,855 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $47,038 Year 2: $45,969 Year 3: $48,754 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $44,663 Year 2: $45,249 Year 3: $47,057 Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,709 Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: $46,776 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,130 Year 2: $36,488 Year 3: $45,629 Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $20,151 Year 2: $33,281 Year 3: $44,724	Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $75,832 Year 3: $82,218 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $60,762 Year 2: $56,716 Year 3: $69,352 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,761 Year 2: $67,324 Year 3: $68,793 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,355 Year 2: $50,439 Year 3: $60,642 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $53,277 Year 2: $49,832 Year 3: $55,558 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,463 Year 2: $37,478 Year 3: $47,329 Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,275 Year 2: $39,832 Year 3: $46,905 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,225 Year 2: $37,748 Year 3: $46,883 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,410 Year 2: $39,009 Year 3: $46,627 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $31,543 Year 2: $30,409 Year 3: $46,215

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