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SUNY Potsdam was awarded 14 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education subject specific.
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SUNY Potsdam is ranked #950 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNY Potsdam held the #1,625 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SUNY Potsdam is also ranked #85 out of 136 schools in New York.
When it comes to admittance, SUNY Potsdam is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 83%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at SUNY Potsdam it is much better at 9 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Potsdam is 73%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
SUNY Potsdam has a freshmen retention rate of 75%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from SUNY Potsdam have a four-year graduation rate of 37%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,842 undergraduates at SUNY Potsdam with 2,705 being full-time and 137 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,906 | $11,952 | $15,552 | $16,197 | $19,744 |
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 Potsdam, 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 Potsdam, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $7,052 a year. That adds up to $28,208 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SUNY Potsdam are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676-2294 |
| Phone: | 315-267-2000 |
| Website: | www.potsdam.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 152 | $45,110 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 98 | $36,487 |
| Business Administration & Management | 74 | $36,555 |
| General Psychology | 57 | $27,825 |
| Music | 47 | $23,902 |
| History | 35 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 32 | $35,950 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 29 | $34,933 |
| General Biology | 26 | $25,459 |
| Sociology | 25 | $36,500 |
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 2022-2023, 729 students took at least one online class at SUNY Potsdam. This is a decrease from the 916 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 729 | 260 |
| 2021-2022 | 916 | 154 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,964 | 746 |
| 2018-2019 | 101 | 13 |
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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