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SUNY Canton was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, SUNY Canton is ranked #1,572 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNY Canton held the #2,123 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 136 colleges in New York, SUNY Canton is ranked at #126.
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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 18 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 56%. 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 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at SUNY Canton for first-time, full-time students is 39%, which is better than 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,311 | $12,819 | $15,782 | $18,410 | $21,337 |
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 68% of students took out student loans averaging $6,268 a year. That adds up to $25,072 over four years for those students.
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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 | 95 | $43,082 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 92 | $37,702 |
| Nursing | 91 | $81,256 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 63 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 45 | $45,194 |
| Homeland Security | 32 | $48,753 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 27 | $42,110 |
| General Engineering Technology | 26 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 26 | $36,254 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 22 | 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 2022-2023, 2,306 students took at least one online class at SUNY Canton. This is a decrease from the 2,336 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,306 | 1,318 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,336 | 1,274 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,126 | 1,558 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,950 | 921 |
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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