SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY · Public · Midsize city · Carnegie R1/R2 · ESF · SCESF
Public institution in Syracuse, NY · 1,725 undergraduates · 83% acceptance rate · $55,763 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 7%Median graduate debt
- Top 21%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 23%Full-time retention
- Top 25%In-state tuition & fees
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $18,730965th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,206506th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $21,036921st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $27,958858th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $11,000136th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $55,763747th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,327635th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 69.9%425th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 85.0%431st highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 82.9%991st most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,7251,028th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14.0:11,158th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 25.7%1,430th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 191 mi (EWR)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EANov 15
- RDJan 15
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $50
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 18 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomedical/Medical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $63,997 | — |
| Construction Trades, OtherConstruction Trades | bachelors | $60,623 | — |
| Engineering, GeneralEngineering | bachelors | $59,781 | $55,348 |
| Landscape ArchitectureArchitecture | bachelors | $49,019 | $42,682 |
| ForestryNatural Resources | bachelors | $39,369 | — |
| Natural Resources Management and PolicyNatural Resources | bachelors | $36,848 | $36,131 |
| BiotechnologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | $36,312 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchNatural Resources | bachelors | $35,518 | $31,423 |
| Zoology/Animal BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | $25,194 | $19,683 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | $24,983 | $22,880 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 7 sports
USCAA · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $0 (M $0 · W $0 · Coed $0)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 1,725 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NY
- Daemen UniversityAmherst, NY · 1,761 undergrads
- Canisius UniversityBuffalo, NY · 1,768 undergrads
- SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, NY · 1,773 undergrads
- SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, NY · 1,776 undergrads
- Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York, NY · 1,627 undergrads
- Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, NY · 1,606 undergrads
Elsewhere
- The College of Saint ScholasticaDuluth, MN · 1,725 undergrads
- Claflin UniversityOrangeburg, SC · 1,727 undergrads
- Concordia College at MoorheadMoorhead, MN · 1,721 undergrads
- North Greenville UniversityTigerville, SC · 1,719 undergrads
- Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota, FL · 1,719 undergrads
- Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, PA · 1,712 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteesf.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 196103)
- Compare colleges in NYRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in New YorkEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Daemen UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry vs Daemen UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 7 EADA programs at this school
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