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SUNY Potsdam was awarded 14 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education subject specific.
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College Factual ranked SUNY Potsdam as #1,625 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
SUNY Potsdam is also ranked #103 out of 142 schools in New York.
When it comes to admittance, SUNY Potsdam is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 81%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
At SUNY Potsdam, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
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 74%. 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 Potsdam is 67%, 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 Potsdam the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 45%. That is great when compared 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,374 | $12,367 | $16,245 | $16,152 | $19,605 |
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 72% of students took out student loans averaging $6,844 a year. That adds up to $27,376 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Potsdam is 6.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/SUNYPotsdam |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/SUNYPotsdam1816 |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 86 | $36,353 |
| Business Administration & Management | 59 | $35,008 |
| General Psychology | 58 | $24,369 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 58 | $42,078 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 44 | $30,690 |
| Music | 39 | $20,855 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 37 | $29,152 |
| General Biology | 36 | $24,842 |
| Public Health | 25 | NA |
| Sociology | 21 | $31,523 |
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, 916 students took at least one online class at SUNY Potsdam. This is a decrease from the 2,964 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 916 | 154 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,964 | 746 |
| 2018-2019 | 191 | 32 |
| 2017-2018 | 101 | 13 |
| 2016-2017 | 151 | 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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