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SUNY at Albany

Albany, New York

https://www.albany.edu

#225 National Colleges

54.25% Admission Rate
Somewhat Selective

13,153 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
  • Four-year, large, highly residential
The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, SUNY Albany or UAlbany, is a public research university with campuses in the New York cities of Albany and Rensselaer and the town of Guilderland. Founded in 1844, it is one of the "university centers" of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

The university's three campuses are the Uptown Campus in Albany and Guilderland, the Downtown Campus in Albany, and the Health Sciences Campus in the city of Rensselaer just across the Hudson River. The university enrolls 17,944 students in nine schools and colleges, which offer 50 undergraduate majors and 125 graduate degree programs. The university's academic choices include new and emerging fields in public policy, homeland security, globalization, documentary studies, biotechnology, bio-instrumentation, and informatics.

Through the UAlbany and SUNY-wide exchange programs, students have more than 600 study-abroad programs to choose from, as well as government and business internship opportunities in New York's capital and surrounding region. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The research enterprise totaled expenditures of $173 million in fiscal year 2018 and is focused in four areas: social science, public law and policy, life sciences and atmospheric sciences.

SUNY Albany offers many cultural benefits, such as a contemporary art museum and the New York State Writers Institute. UAlbany plays a major role in the economic development of the Capital District and New York State. An economic impact study in 2004 estimated UAlbany's economic impact to be $1.1 billion annually in New York State — $1 billion of that in the Capital Region.

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Location

City
Albany, New York

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Locale
City: Small (population less than 100,000)

Region
Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Social Sciences 21.2%
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 13.0%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 9.7%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 9.1%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services 8.3%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 8.3%
Psychology 8.1%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 5.4%
English Language And Literature/Letters 2.9%
Mathematics And Statistics 2.3%
History 2.0%
Physical Sciences 2.0%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 2.0%
Education 1.9%
Visual And Performing Arts 1.9%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 0.9%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.8%
Engineering 0.4%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.1%

Cost

In State Tuition
$10,176.00

Out of State Tuition
$27,766.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
57.29%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$18,577.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1177 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 630 585 540
Verbal 620 585 550

ACT Scores

25 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 0 0 0
English 0 0 0