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SUNY Canton was awarded 10 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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SUNY Canton is ranked #2,123 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
SUNY Canton is also ranked #139 out of 142 schools in New York.
With an acceptance rate of 95%, SUNY Canton has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 9% of students accepted to SUNY Canton submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 580. Math scores were between 500 and 580.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, SUNY Canton 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 Canton is 65%. 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 Canton is 71%, 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 Canton the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 44%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,135 undergraduates at SUNY Canton with 2,624 being full-time and 511 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,826 | $12,175 | $16,849 | $17,304 | $20,755 |
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 Canton, 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 Canton, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $6,196 a year. That adds up to $24,784 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Canton is 6.4%. 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 Canton are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 34 Cornell Drive, Canton, NY 13617-1098 |
| Phone: | 315-386-7011 |
| Website: | www.canton.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 78 | $35,845 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 58 | $31,365 |
| Legal Support Services | 46 | $40,440 |
| Business Administration & Management | 44 | $30,923 |
| Homeland Security | 32 | $35,770 |
| Environmental Control Technology | 28 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 28 | $30,426 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 25 | $32,235 |
| Mechanical Engineering Technology | 21 | $36,976 |
| Health & Physical Education | 14 | 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, 2,336 students took at least one online class at SUNY Canton. This is a decrease from the 3,126 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,336 | 1,274 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,126 | 1,558 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,072 | 922 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,950 | 921 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,886 | 839 |
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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