Institutional Effectiveness

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) encourages a campus culture of curiosity, accountability, growth and achievement to support student success and continuous improvement. OIE provides user-friendly access to data and promotes information transparency. The office assists with translating data to useful information and leads assessment efforts to enhance effective decision making.

OIE also coordinates the submission of mandated SUNY Systems Administration reports and provides data to external publications.

Quick Facts

These facts are designed to be a quick reference guide for frequently requested, publicly available official data. Official data is updated on or about November 1, after fall census is completed and approved by SUNY.

Review data visualizations at our Tableau Public dashboard. Faculty and staff may access more detailed reports in the Institutional Effectiveness Google Drive folder using their Plattsburgh credentials. Note: Login is required.

Official Headcount — Fall 2024
Status	Undergraduate	Graduate
Full-Time	2,405	460
Part-Time	420	255
Grand Total	3,825	715

Demographics (Race & Ethnicity) — Fall 2024
Race/Ethnicity	Undergraduate	Graduate
Non-resident	150	7
Unknown	96	45
Hispanic/Latino	525	58
American Indian or Alaska Native	16
Asian	99	17
Black or African American	446	41
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6
White	2,385	521
Two or more race, non-Hispanic	102	24
Grand Total	3,825	715

Demographics (Gender) — Fall 2024
Gender	Undergraduate	Graduate
Female	2,247	498
Male	1,541	213
Non-Binary	37
Grand Total	3,825	715

Academics — Fall 2024
Avg. Class Size	Student/Faculty Ratio	Geography Represented
21	15:1	63 NYS counties 36 U.S. states and territories 35 Foreign countries

Right to Know

Percentage Receiving Pell (Fall 2023) = 38%
Six-Year Graduation Rate (Fall 2017 cohort) = 59%

Pell Data
Federal financial aid regulations require the college to publish a broad range of consumer information. One requirement is for the college to publish information on student body diversity in the categories of gender and ethnicity of enrolled, full-time students who receive Federal Pell Grants.
- Fall Pell Recipients 2023
Retention Statistics
This table provides a snapshot of the last 5 years longitudinal undergraduate retention/attrition data by category (e.g. Fall to Fall and Fall to Spring). It provides the retention/attrition rates for the total (overall) number of undergraduates, the full-time matriculated undergraduate students, the first-time (first year), and transfer students.
- Retention/Attrition Longitudinal Summary 2014–2024
Student Right-To-Know Graduation Data
The following series of reports lists six-year graduation rates about SUNY Plattsburgh first-time, full-time matriculated cohorts. The data are disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, and financial aid types (Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and neither).

The source for the data is listed below each chart.

IPEDS Reports

These official IPEDS reports are pursuant to terms of the federal Student Right-To-Know Act and include the disclosure of completion, persistence and transfer rates for full-time, first-time baccalaureate-level SUNY Plattsburgh students. The data included below represent the most recent cohort for which 6-year graduation rate data are available. For cohorts where 8-year graduation rate data are available, outcome measures and 8-year graduation rates are also provided.

Year Student Entered as a First-Time, Full-Time Matriculated First-Year