SUNY enrollment is up in every sector for the second year in a row, and Suffolk County is no exception. Between 2022 and 2024, Stony Brook increased enrollment by 3.9% and Farmingdale by 7.8%. SCCC saw a slight decline of 0.3% in overall enrollment in that time frame but made up for it by increasing first-time undergraduate numbers by 2.6%.
Governor Kathy Hochul announced overall enrollment gains for the second year in a row across the State University of New York colleges and universities, including increases in first-year undergraduate enrollment. This is the first time in 15 years that all SUNY sectors have seen back-to-back increases in overall enrollment.
Stony Brook grew its first-time undergraduate enrollment by a phenomenal 21.9% and Farmingdale grew by 15.6 over the 2022-2024 time frame. At a time when many colleges and universities are experiencing difficulty in maintaining enrollment, SUNY schools seem to not only be holding on, but growing.
“As Governor, I have remained committed to increasing access to our colleges and universities — from removing financial barriers and expanding our tuition assistance program to launching SUNY's first-ever direct admissions program,” Governor Hochul said. “Every New Yorker deserves the opportunity to pursue higher education, and I look forward to building on this progress to ensure even more students can enroll at one of our world-class institutions.”
Fall 2024 enrollment system-wide was up 2.3 percent, compared with Fall 2023, for a total of 376,155 students across the system. Last year, enrollment was up 1.1 percent, year over year, the first increase in a decade.
Governor Hochul and the state legislature have directed significant additional funding to public higher education over the last two years. SUNY’s state-operated campuses have received additional ongoing annual investment of $277 million from the FY24 and 25 Enacted Budgets.
You can view the full report at https://www.suny.edu/media/suny/content-assets/documents/news/2024-SUNY-Fall-Enrollment.pdf