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Empire Eight

10 members on the site, as of 2025–26.

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Members

At a glance

The median member against the median of every four-year college on the site, with the range from the lowest member to the highest. Each row has its own scale, starting at zero.

  • fall 2024 · 10 of 10 reporting

    72% · 53%–92%
    · all 77%

  • fall 2024 · 10 of 10 reporting

    4.2K · 1K–15.3K
    · all 3.6K

  • fall 2024 · 10 of 10 reporting

    1.3K · 708–3.9K
    · all 1.6K

  • 2023–24 · 10 of 10 reporting

    $24,988 · $19,955–$33,155
    · all $24,284

  • fall 2024 · 10 of 10 reporting

    13% · 1%–33%
    · all 25%

  • Entered fall 2018 · 10 of 10 reporting

    62% · 53%–74%
    · all 55%

  • 10 of 10 reporting

    34% · 26%–50%
    · all 34%

Over time

The median member each year. By default the line follows in every year, so it describes the same colleges throughout; switch to members at the time to see the conference as it was.

Applicants, median member · today's members in every year

3K3.5K4K201420162018202020222024Empire EightAll colleges

Dashed: the median of every four-year college on the site. A year is left out when fewer than 80% of the members report it.

In total (members reporting both years): 10 members received 47.9K applications in fall 2024, against 36.3K in fall 2014; they enrolled 16.8K undergraduates in fall 2024, against 22.4K in fall 2014.

Members compared

Every member on each measure, highest first, so the spread behind each median is visible.

fall 2024 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 72%.

fall 2024 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 4.2K.

fall 2024 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 1.3K.

2023–24 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, $24,988.

fall 2024 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 13%.

Entered fall 2018 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 62%.

· 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 34%.

Who joined and left

Moves since 2014–15, among the site's colleges, by the school year the college first reported its new conference.

  1. 2024–25: SUNY College at Geneseo joined from the State University of New York Athletic Conference
  2. 2020–21: Keuka College joined from the United East Conference
  3. 2020–21: Stevens Institute of Technology left for the Middle Atlantic States Athletic Corporation
  4. 2020–21: SUNY Buffalo State University (football) left for the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association
  5. 2019–20: Salisbury University (football) left for the New Jersey Athletic Conference
  6. 2017–18: Russell Sage College joined from the Skyline Conference
  7. 2017–18: Ithaca College left for the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association
  8. 2017–18: SUNY College of Technology at Canton left for Other
  9. 2016–17: SUNY College of Technology at Canton joined from Eastern College Athletic Conference
  10. 2015–16: State University of New York at Cortland (football) joined from the New Jersey Athletic Conference
  11. 2015–16: Frostburg State University (football) left for the New Jersey Athletic Conference

How this was measured

  • Members. Colleges that report the Empire Eight as their main today. A member playing football elsewhere is listed with its football conference but counted here.
  • Medians. Every figure is the median member (counts and costs: the median member's own change), except the totals, which are labeled. A conference needs 8 members on the site, and a year needs 80% of members reporting; costs are .
  • Members at the time reads each college's reported conference year by year, from 2014–15; colleges no longer on the site aren't included.
  • The universe. The site's four-year colleges, which may not be every member. The page shows how members compare and changed, not why.

Sources:IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2014–15 to 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (admissions section), Fall 2013 to Fall 2013;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2013 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (graduation by entering class), classes entering fall 2013 to fall 2018;inflation: BLS CPI-U, school-year averagesAbout the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Pell Grant recipients:College Scorecard, most recent releaseAbout the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)