SUNY Old Westbury

SUNY Old Westbury is a public college in Old Westbury, NY. Its average net price is $8,991 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.

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Money

Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year

Average Net Price by Family Income

Family IncomeAverage Net Price
$0 to $30,000$4,597
$30,001 to $48,000$6,926
$48,001 to $75,000$11,653
$75,001 to $110,000$13,925
$110,001 and up$18,477
$8,422Tuition 2025-26, In-State
$19,372Tuition 2025-26, Out-of-State
$8,991Average Net Price
$14,390Room and Board 2025-26, On-Campus
$2,500Books and Supplies
$1,960Other Expenses
53.4%Students on Pell Grants
30.4%Students With Federal Loans

Admissions

83.6%Acceptance Rate
Not publishedSAT Reading, Middle Half
Not publishedSAT Math, Middle Half
Not publishedACT, Middle Half

Outcomes

HorizonMedian Earnings
6 years after entry$51,982
8 years after entry$58,108
10 years after entry$65,583
42.6%Graduation Rate
71.8%Retention Rate
$14,000Median Debt at Graduation

Campus Facts

Old Westbury, NYLocation
Large suburbSetting
4,162Undergraduate Enrollment
PublicControl

Programs and What They Pay

Each figure prints the sample size behind it. A college figure appears only when at least 30 graduates sit behind it; smaller programs show the national median for the major instead. Read Why We Show Sample Sizes.

MajorMedian EarningsMedian Debt
Accounting$58,722 Small program - rough guide n=60$15,000 Small program - rough guide n=57
Area Studies$38,972 National median for this major n=3,356Not published
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education$52,960 National median for this major n=144Not published
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$43,049 National median for this major n=8,694Not published
Biology$33,951 Small program - rough guide n=43$19,250 Small program - rough guide n=51
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology$62,548 National median for this major n=381Not published
Business Administration, Management and Operations$48,510 Small program - rough guide n=73$14,583 Small program - rough guide n=55
Business and Commerce$54,795 National median for this major n=25,511Not published
Chemistry$47,486 National median for this major n=10,597Not published
Communications$44,399 Small program - rough guide n=59$20,000 Small program - rough guide n=42
Computer Science$70,762 National median for this major n=44,537Not published
Criminology$42,140 Small program - rough guide n=45$18,433 Small program - rough guide n=48
Economics$60,917 National median for this major n=25,831Not published
English Language and Literature, General$36,147 National median for this major n=27,468$11,958 Small program - rough guide n=40
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other$33,804 National median for this major n=594Not published
Environmental Conservation$40,925 National median for this major n=16,925Not published
Ethnic and Gender Studies$38,739 National median for this major n=5,496Not published
Finance and Financial Management Services$63,115 National median for this major n=43,988Not published
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations$58,823 National median for this major n=2,808Not published
History$38,156 National median for this major n=20,617Not published
Human Resources Management and Services$55,804 National median for this major n=11,775Not published
Information Science/Studies$65,798 National median for this major n=10,113Not published
Liberal Arts$42,801 National median for this major n=38,048$19,343 Small program - rough guide n=31
Management Information Systems and Services$65,673 National median for this major n=9,101Not published
Marketing$52,121 National median for this major n=47,563Not published
Mathematics$52,843 National median for this major n=13,762Not published
Philosophy and Religious Studies, General$32,431 National median for this major n=74Not published
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other$31,918 National median for this major n=145Not published
Physics$52,079 National median for this major n=4,999Not published
Political Science and Government$43,235 Small program - rough guide n=42$18,000 Small program - rough guide n=37
Psychology$39,590 Small program - rough guide n=89$14,500 n=102
Public Health$42,733 National median for this major n=16,894Not published
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$40,236 National median for this major n=8,855Not published
Social Sciences$43,758 National median for this major n=5,239Not published
Social Sciences, Other$44,051 Small program - rough guide n=39Not published
Sociology$45,663 Small program - rough guide n=31$25,000 Small program - rough guide n=37
Special Education and Teaching$46,673 National median for this major n=10,747$19,500 Small program - rough guide n=50
Studio Art$31,108 National median for this major n=25,748Not published
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$45,328 National median for this major n=22,650Not published
Teaching$44,159 National median for this major n=58,872$12,500 Small program - rough guide n=62
Visual and Performing Arts, General$30,671 National median for this major n=4,580Not published

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