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SUNY Polytechnic Institute was awarded 189 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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SUNY Poly landed the #1,554 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 Poly is also ranked #99 out of 142 schools in New York.
When it comes to admittance, SUNY Polytechnic Institute is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 77%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 29% of students accepted to SUNY Poly submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 680. Math scores were between 520 and 720.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At SUNY Polytechnic Institute, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Polytechnic Institute is 55%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like SUNY Polytechnic Institute enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at SUNY Poly for first-time, full-time students is 45%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,239 undergraduates at SUNY Poly with 1,903 being full-time and 336 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,325 | $11,506 | $15,239 | $16,808 | $19,408 |
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 Poly, 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 Poly, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $6,052 a year. That adds up to $24,208 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Poly is 2.7%. 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 Poly are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 Seymour Rd, Utica, NY 13502 |
| Phone: | 315-792-7100 |
| Website: | www.sunypoly.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/sunypolytechnic |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/sunyit |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 66 | $34,267 |
| Computer Information Systems | 65 | $53,881 |
| Nursing | 51 | $62,787 |
| General Psychology | 35 | $28,540 |
| Civil Engineering | 31 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering Technology | 31 | $50,531 |
| General Biology | 31 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 29 | $58,631 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 29 | NA |
| Accounting | 28 | $37,709 |
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, 2,353 students took at least one online class at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. This is a decrease from the 2,943 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,353 | 1,049 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,943 | 1,962 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,341 | 644 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,320 | 593 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,173 | 533 |
Learn more about online learning at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
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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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