Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, New York
- Public
- Suburb
- 9,552 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 63%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $6,146per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 51%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $75,27810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Farmingdale State College operates the only public four-year professional pilot degree program in New York State.
Source: FSC Aviation on the Rise - Farmingdale State College
All baccalaureate students at Farmingdale State College must fulfill the Applied Learning Graduation Requirement to graduate.
Source: Applied Learning Opportunities with the Office of Community and
Farmingdale State College is the State University of New York's largest college of applied science and technology.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 63%About 6 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1040–1240Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 20–28Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $6,146full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $15,354sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $8,626Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $19,116Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 51%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 82%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $75,27810 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,178federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 9,552Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 41%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 40%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY — admits 92%
- State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY — admits 81%
- Fort Hays State University Hays, KS — admits 90%
- Troy University Troy, AL — admits 96%
Also worth a look
- CUNY Queens College Queens, NY — admits 64%
- CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY — admits 58%
- CUNY City College New York, NY — admits 60%
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY — admits 57%
- CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY — admits 57%
- University of West Florida Pensacola, FL — admits 58%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Farmingdale State College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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