by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University at Albany landed the #593 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in New York, UAlbany came in at #42.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UAlbany took the #374 spot on the list.
In addition, UAlbany took the #23 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in New York.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 63.4% of the total graduate students at UAlbany are women and 36.6% are men.
Of all the graduate students at UAlbany, around 24.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 15.4% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,310 | $23,100 |
| Fees | $2,225 | $2,225 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at UAlbany is $50,560. That's about 13% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at UAlbany is $57,616. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 23% lower than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for UAlbany are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222 |
| Phone: | 518-442-3300 |
| Website: | www.albany.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.albany.edu/main/facebook.shtml |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/ualbany |
About 46.9% of the graduate students at University at Albany took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 24.3% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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