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SUNY Plattsburgh was awarded 91 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is media arts.
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SUNY Plattsburgh landed the #1,517 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
SUNY Plattsburgh also holds the #94 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
If you're applying to SUNY Plattsburgh you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 68%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 25% of students accepted to SUNY Plattsburgh submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 530 and 620.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, SUNY Plattsburgh 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at SUNY Plattsburgh is 63%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at SUNY Plattsburgh is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At SUNY Plattsburgh the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 51%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,680 undergraduates at SUNY Plattsburgh with 4,185 being full-time and 495 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,141 | $13,422 | $17,264 | $18,037 | $21,697 |
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 Plattsburgh, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SUNY Plattsburgh, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $6,952 a year. That adds up to $27,808 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Plattsburgh is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for SUNY Plattsburgh are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901-2681 |
| Phone: | 518-564-2000 |
| Website: | https://www.plattsburgh.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/sunyplattsburgh |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/PlattsburghNews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 130 | $38,993 |
| Nursing | 102 | $68,198 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 83 | $32,221 |
| General Psychology | 83 | $30,208 |
| Accounting | 76 | $40,412 |
| General Biology | 66 | $31,091 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 60 | $30,341 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 50 | NA |
| Marketing | 42 | $33,522 |
| General English Literature | 32 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 3,344 students took at least one online class at SUNY Plattsburgh. This is a decrease from the 4,867 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,344 | 711 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,867 | 1,361 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,859 | 497 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,692 | 405 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,966 | 339 |
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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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