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Community college · Public

SUNY Adirondack

Queensbury, NY301 online only

SUNY Adirondack is a public community college in Queensbury, NY, with about 2,422 students on campus.

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Students on campus
2,422
plus 301 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$10,389
tuition and fees $6,844; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
37%
lower than at 82% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,267
higher than at 52% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into SUNY Adirondack?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. SUNY Adirondack is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $17,087 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $9,616

Tuition & fees (in state) $6,844Room & board $14,467Books & supplies $1,800

After grants, the average family on aid pays $10,389.

Tuition and fees are $6,844 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$11,860

About $23,720 over 2 years · 31% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
37%
within 3 years · Pell students 34%
Come back for year two
62%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,267
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$14,345
about $152 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

5.1%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$152 a month against about $2,980 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

45%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 50% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$37k
Middle income$30–75k
$46k
Higher incomeover $75k
$43k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 33%Health professions 18%Business 17%Visual & performing arts 12%Computer science 6%Engineering tech 4%Everything else 9%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities159 graduates a year · typical debt $12,713
$25k1 yr out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing77 graduates a year
$59k1 yr out
Business Administration, Management and Operations54 graduates a year · typical debt $10,138
$48k4 yrs out
Design and Applied Arts29 graduates a year
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections19 graduates a year · typical debt $12,000
$40k4 yrs out
Culinary Arts and Related Services16 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management14 graduates a year
—not reported
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians11 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

1,844 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 80%Hispanic 7%Black 6%Asian 1%Two or more 4%International 1%

Women and men

Women 56%Men 44%
16 : 1
students per teacher
32%
get Pell grants (lower income)
23%
take federal loans
18%
undergrads 25 or older
32%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Queensbury

4% of Queensbury’s 29,049 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Queensbury pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from SUNY Adirondack; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Skidmore CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Saratoga Springs
18.8 mi2,776 students
Empire State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Saratoga Springs · mostly online
20 mi768 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.