Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for New York Colleges

There are 254 active four-years colleges and universities in New York - 46 public and 208 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in New York is 58%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 53% to 58%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 14 to 1 and it decreased by 0 compared to 14 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	53%	50%	60%
2014-15	54%	51%	62%
2015-16	53%	51%	61%
2016-17	54%	51%	63%
2017-18	54%	51%	62%
2018-19	56%	52%	64%
2019-20	57%	55%	65%
2020-21	58%	54%	65%
2021-22	56%	53%	65%
2022-23	58%	54%	64%
Average	55.30%	52.20%	63.10%

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	29%
2014-15	28%
2015-16	29%
2016-17	28%
2017-18	27%
2018-19	26%
2019-20	26%
2020-21	27%
2021-22	28%
2022-23	28%
Average	27.60%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	80%	59%
2014-15	80%	67%
2015-16	80%	60%
2016-17	79%	64%
2017-18	80%	67%
2018-19	78%	60%
2019-20	79%	63%
2020-21	78%	66%
2021-22	79%	58%
2022-23	78%	56%
Average	79.10%	62.00%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	14:1
2014-15	14:1
2015-16	14:1
2016-17	14:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	14:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	14:1
2021-22	14:1
2022-23	14:1
Average	14.00:1

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4-Year Colleges

Cornell University Private, four-years | Ithaca
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Columbia University in the City of New York Private, four-years | New York
University of Rochester Private, four-years | Rochester
Syracuse University Private, four-years | Syracuse
Fashion Institute of Technology Public, four-years | New York
Stony Brook University Public, four-years | Stony Brook
CUNY Kingsborough Community College Public, 2-4 years | Brooklyn
State University of New York at Oswego Public, four-years | Oswego
Fordham University Private, four-years | Bronx

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University at Buffalo Public, four-years | Buffalo
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Cornell University Private, four-years | Ithaca
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice Public, four-years | New York
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Online Schools

Mercy University Private, four-years | Dobbs Ferry
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