The State University of New York – SUNY – is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States. SUNY has 64 institutions across the state of New York, including research universities, medical centers, community colleges and colleges of technology. The SUNY system has over 18,000 international students studying in universities and over 3,000 international students studying in community colleges.
SUNY - New Paltz
New Paltz, New York
About the Institution
SUNY - New Paltz is a public institution that was founded in 1828. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,642, its setting is rural, and the campus size is 257 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. SUNY--New Paltz's ranking in the 2016 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (North), 24.
Fast Facts
- The student-faculty ratio at SUNY--New Paltz is 15:1.
- The school has 35.7 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students.
- The most popular majors at SUNY--New Paltz include: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Education; Social Sciences; Visual and Performing Arts; and Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs.
- The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 88.3 percent.
Conditional Admission Levels
UG: Level 3
PG: Level 3
SUNY - The College at Old Westbury
Long Island, New York
About the Institution
SUNY - The College at Old Westbury is a public institution that was founded in 1965. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 4,500 its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 604 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. SUNY College – Old Westbury’s ranking in the 2015 edition of Best College is National Liberal Arts Colleges, Tier 2.
Fast Facts
- US President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll- 6 times
- 4th among US Liberal Arts colleges in campus diversity- US News & World Reports
- Recognized by AffordableCollegesOnline.org for “Highest Return on Investment”
- Total Undergraduates: 4,313
- Total Graduates: 205
- Average class size: 22
- 45 Undergraduate majors
- Popular programs: Accounting, Business, Media & Communications, Computer Sciences
- 16 Graduate majors
- 5 year BS/MS in Accounting
- Honors College for students with high grade point averages
Located 35 km east of New York City (a 40 minute train ride)
Conditional Admission Levels
UG: Level 3
PG: Not available
SUNY - Fulton - Montgomery Community College
Johnstown, New York
About the Institution
Fulton-Montgomery Community Colleges (FMCC) was founded 1963 and is centrally located in beautiful New York State. FMCC is a community college campus of the State University of New York (SUNY); it’s within a four-hour drive between Boston, Manhattan and Montreal, Canada. FMCC is one of the few schools that offer ESL within the SUNY system. As a result, some of the schools within the SUNY system have partnered with Fulton-Montgomery to offer ESL and conditional admissions. Once the student successfully completes the ESL program at FMCC, they will matriculate to the Academic program at the applied College or University within the SUNY system.
Fast Facts
FM is a comprehensive community college offering two year degree programs, one year certificates and a comprehensive Intensive English Language Program. More than 150 international students from 30 countries study along with 2800 US students on this small, highly personalized campus where teaching is the focus. Students are primarily traditional age college students studying in transfer track academic programs.
Graduates who do well academically have an unlimited number of transfer options at both private and public institutions in the U.S. The SUNY system also offers a guarantee transfer to any FM graduate regardless of GPA to a bachelor degree program within the system. Locations and majors will vary depending on student’s academic progress.
FM Alumni include college presidents, educators, top news broadcasters, athletes, scientists, computer programs, accountants and more.
Conditional Admission Levels
UG: Level 3
PG: Not available
