Results of the 1985 Attrition and Retention Survey of the State University of New York are presented. After a brief narrative explanation of the report, extensive data on attrition, retention, and completion are provided for full-time, first-time students and full-time, transfer students at the associate and baccalaureate degree levels and for students in "postsecondary opportunity" programs at the associate- and baccalaureate-degree levels. Data are provided on the cohort of full-time, first-time baccalaureate students entering in fall 1970 through fall 1981. Associate degree trend data includes the cohort of students entering in fall 1974 through fall 1983. Trend tables permit analyses of attrition and retention patterns at the individual campus level, by type of institution, and on a university-wide basis. Both headcount and percentage data for degree and nondegree recipients are presented in a cumulative format. Of those who did not receive a degree, the number of students still enrolled in the institution, either part-time or full-time, are reported. (SW)