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Students

Who's on campus

A medium campus of 5,714 undergrads, where 20% receive Pell Grants, a low share compared to other colleges.

+3% since fall 2014Over time

Race & ethnicity

Diversity index0.73

Diversity index vs. every college0.73
0.73
← 0.00higher than 86% of 1,8930.80 →

Economic access

Pell Grant recipients20%
National median: 34%Below typical
First-generation students14%
National median: 33%Below typical
Pell Grant share vs. every college20%
20%
← 0%higher than 17% of 1,88287% →

Campus size

5,714undergrads
Compared to every college5.7K
5.7K
← 19larger than 80% of 1,89337.8K →

Where first-years come from

1,314 first-time students

58% came from other states and 4.3% from abroad; 37% are from New York. More from other states than at 85% of colleges.

  • In-state (New York)37%
  • Other states58%
  • Abroad4.3%
  • Not reported0.8%

Top home states

  1. New York(home state)37% 484
  2. Massachusetts11% 143
  3. New Jersey10% 134
  4. Connecticut8.5% 112
  5. California4.6% 60

From 40 states (counting DC) and 5 from U.S. territories.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL
Share of first-yearsNoneUnder 1%1–3%3–10%10–25%25%+Home state

Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.

Transfers in and out

Transferring in, fall 2024

74

new transfer students, 5.3% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 7% of colleges.

47 full-time, 27 part-time.

Going on to another college

10%

of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 193 students).

Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.

Who they are

Almost everyone studies full-time.

Men69%
National median: 44%Above typical

31% women

Another gender: Not collected by this college.

Part-time students0.9%
National median: 7.5%Below typical
Students 25 and older0.7%
National median: 11%Below typical

Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.

Campus life

Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life

Housing for 3,899 students.

Housing

Beds

3,899

About 68 for every 100 undergrads (median college: 59). Can include graduate housing.

First-years

Not required to live on campus

Many colleges still expect it, with exceptions such as for local students.

Meal plans

Offered

Athletics & programs

Athletics

NCAA Division III · Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association

Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, baseball, cross country/track.

How the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association compares

ROTC

Army, Navy, Air Force

Study abroad

Offered

Undergraduate research

A formal program

Calendar

Semesters

Student services

  • Academic and career counseling
  • Help finding a job while enrolled
  • Job placement after graduating
  • 8% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office

Greek life

5chapters

On the national organizations' own chapter lists.

Councils and chapters

  • 1listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)

    From each organization's own chapter list.

    Pi Beta Phi

    New York Epsilon

  • 3listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)

    From each organization's own chapter list.

    Lambda Chi Alpha

    Epsilon-Eta (Rensselaer Polytechnic)

    Pi Kappa Phi

    Alpha Tau

  • 1listedLatino (NALFO)

    From each organization's own chapter list.

    Omega Phi Beta

    Gamma Epsilon

LGBTQ+ life

Policies

  • Nondiscrimination policy covers gender identity or expression

Listed by Trans Policy Clearinghouse, read October 2026; not confirmed by the college.

Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024

Not collected by this college.

Gender unknown: 0

First-year applicants of another gender, fall 2024

0 reported. The college may not record other genders.

Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.

Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)