SUNY At Albany

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

State University of New York at Albany, also referred to as University at Albany or UAlbany, is a public, coeducational university located in the capital of New York State. It is a senior-grade campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It was originally established on May 7, 1844, under the name of New York State Normal School. In the early 1890s, the institution was renamed to New York State Normal College. In 1948, it gained University rank under the SUNY system and was granted its present title. The University campus, with its associated buildings, occupies a 560-acre plot of suburban land.

The University has the following schools and colleges:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Computing and Information
• Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
• School of Business
• College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
• School of Criminal Justice
• School of Education
• School of Public Health
• School of Social Welfare
• The Honors College

UAlbany's sports teams are called the Albany Great Danes. The official mascot is a Great Dane. The University sponsors various sports including football, basketball, tennis, volleyball, and field hockey.

Notable alumni of UAlbany include Tom Clarke, President of new business ventures for Nike, Inc.; Steve Guttenber, actor; and John Kourakos, President of Tommy Jeans.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling, liberal arts, family and social work, mathematics, and computer science and engineering.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Selective admissions.
• Affordable tuition & fees.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University At Albany participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 80% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 18,204 in 2009-2010 (16,281 full-time equivalent).

About 51% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 49% of the class.

Undergrads are 72% of enrolled students and graduate students are 28%.

Students under 25 years old represent 75% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University At Albany provides on-campus housing for 7,400 of its 16,281 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football (Northeast Conference), basketball (America East), baseball (America East), and track (America East).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 94 male students received the aid (men were 51% of those receiving aid) and 89 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 49% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University At Albany offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (19 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

ART STUDIES (12 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (627 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Organizational Behavior Studies
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (150 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (15 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (377 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Evaluation and Research
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (21 awarded)

• Materials Science

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (295 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (1,833 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Anthropology
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Demography and Population Studies
• Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (79 awarded)

• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDICINE (46 awarded)

• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (13 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (16 awarded)

• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (20 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy

SCIENCE (275 awarded)

• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Epidemiology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics
• Toxicology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (111 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (406 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
• Psychology