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SUNY New Paltz was awarded 65 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is reading teacher education.
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SUNY New Paltz landed the #769 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNY New Paltz held the #965 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SUNY New Paltz is also ranked #73 out of 136 schools in New York.
If you're applying to SUNY New Paltz you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 58%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 17% of students accepted to SUNY New Paltz submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 680. Math scores were between 570 and 660.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, SUNY New Paltz is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at SUNY New Paltz is 51%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like SUNY New Paltz enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at SUNY New Paltz for first-time, full-time students is 61%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,597 undergraduates at SUNY New Paltz with 5,918 being full-time and 679 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,885 | $14,336 | $19,275 | $21,055 | $24,439 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of SUNY New Paltz, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SUNY New Paltz, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $6,619 a year. That adds up to $26,476 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SUNY New Paltz are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561-2443 |
| Phone: | 877-696-7411 |
| Website: | www.newpaltz.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 211 | $29,817 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 200 | $39,714 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 165 | $28,929 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 111 | $23,551 |
| General English Literature | 96 | $23,862 |
| Communication Sciences | 96 | $25,475 |
| Sociology | 96 | $26,901 |
| Computer Information Systems | 82 | $42,538 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 68 | $29,860 |
| Business Administration & Management | 67 | $34,979 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 2,758 students took at least one online class at SUNY New Paltz. This is a decrease from the 3,189 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,758 | 308 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,189 | 381 |
| 2020-2021 | 7,378 | 3,717 |
| 2018-2019 | 721 | 115 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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