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State University of New York
Established 1948
Type Public
Chancellor Dr. John B. Clark (interim)
Students 414,171
Location (various), New York, USA
Website suny.edu
The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY (IPA pronunciation: ['suniː]) is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 413,000 students, plus 1.1 million continuing education students spanning 64 campuses across the state. The SUNY system has 28,000 faculty members and some 6,650 degree and certificate programs overall. SUNY includes many institutions and four University Centers: Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook. SUNY's administrative offices are in Albany.

The State University of New York was established in 1948 by then-Governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey, through legislative implementation of recommendations made by the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University (1946-1948). The Commission was chaired by Owen D. Young, then-Chairman of the General Electric Company. The system was greatly expanded during the administration of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, who took a personal interest in design and construction of new SUNY facilities across the state.

SUNY comprises all institutions of higher education statewide that are state-supported, with the exception of the institutions that are units of the City University of New York (CUNY).

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SUNY System Administration Building

Organization

SUNY is governed by a Board of Trustees, which consists of sixteen members, fifteen of whom are appointed by the Governor, with consent of the New York State Senate. The sixteenth member is the President of the SUNY Student Assembly. The Board of Trustees appoints the Chancellor who serves as SUNY Chief Executive Officer. The interim SUNY Chancellor is Dr. John B. Clark.

The state of New York assists in financing the SUNY system, which, along with CUNY, provides lower-cost college-level education to residents of the state. SUNY students also come from out-of-state and 171 foreign countries, though tuition is higher for these students.

There are a large variety of colleges in the SUNY system with some overlap in specialties from site to site. SUNY divides its campuses into four distinct categories: university centers/doctoral-granting institutions, university colleges, technology colleges, and community colleges.

SUNY and the City University of New York are entirely different university systems, despite the fact that both are public institutions which receive funding from New York State. Also, SUNY is not to be confused with the University of the State of New York (USNY), which is the governmental umbrella organization for most education-related institutions and many education-related personnel (both public and private) in New York State, and which includes, as a component, the New York State Education Department.

Campuses

University Centers/Doctoral-Granting Institutions

University Centers

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SUNY Albany

Other Doctoral-Granting Institutions

See also: Statutory college

University Colleges

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SUNY New Paltz

Technology Colleges

Community Colleges

State-wide colleges

Rankings and statistics for the University Centers

Ranking and value:
Campus US News and World Report, "Top 50 Public University" ranking Kiplinger's Personal Finance, "Top 100 Values" ranking Kiplinger's Personal Finance, "Top 100 Values" ranking for out-of-state applicants Times Higher Education Supplement, "The World's Top 200 Universities" 2006 ranking Shanghai Jiao Tong University, "Academic Ranking of World Universities" 2007 Top 500 ranking
AlbanyNot ranked67th46thNot ranked203rd-304th
Binghamton38th5th1stNot rankedNot ranked
BuffaloNot ranked89th77thNot ranked203rd-304th
Stony Brook46th34th35th175th151st-202nd


Selectivity:
School Selectivity rating Percent students admitted
Albany7856%
Binghamton9343%
Buffalo8555%
Stony Brook8947%
  • Selectivity according to US News and World Report Rankings 2007. Percent admitted is from CollegeBoard.com and recent as of 9/2007
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Admission criteria (according to SUNY):
School Middle 50% SAT Students in top 10% of class Middle 90% GPA
Albany1110-126015%88-94
Binghamton1190-136050%91-95
Buffalo1110-129024%89-95
Stony Brook1130-1270Not reported87-93


School NSF Funding Rank Funding Dollars ($000)
Albany77203,997
Binghamton21025,405
Buffalo58258,952
Stony Brook71213,547

Athletics

Every school within the SUNY system manages their own athletics program, which greatly varies the level of competition at each institution.

Division I

  • The four university centers all compete at the Division I level for all of their sports. All but Binghamton field football teams, with Buffalo in Division I-FBS (formerly Division I-A) and Albany and Stony Brook in Division I-FCS (formerly Division I-AA).
  • A small number of community college compete at the NJCAA Div. 1 level

Division II and III

  • Most SUNY colleges, technical schools and community schools compete at the NCAA or NJCAA Div. II or III level.

Rivalries

The most prominent SUNY rivalry is between the Albany Great Danes and Binghamton Bearcats. The two both belong to the America East athletic conference. Frequently referred to as the I-88 Rivalry, Binghamton and Albany sit at either end of Interstate 88 (roughly 2.5 hours apart). Both teams are known to post the highest visitor attendance at either school's athletic events.

SUNY Oswego and SUNY Plattsburgh also share a notable rivalry in Division 3 Hockey, with that game almost always having the SUNYAC regular season title up for grabs.

SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Delhi rivalry is mainly involving basketball, but has been seen in other meetings between the two schools. They are in fairly close proximity to each other. The SUNY Delhi 2003-2004 basketball season was canceled after a basketball game was called with 48 seconds left after several SUNY Delhi basketball players nearly started a brawl in the Ioro Gymnasium at SUNY Cobleskill on Wednesday February 4th 2004.

SUNY Plattsburgh and SUNY Cortland have developed a competative rivalry in Division III softball. They've been at the top of the SUNYAC standings in the 2006 and 2007 seasons with Plattsburgh taking the division crown in '06 and Cortland reclaiming the division title in the '07 season. However in both the '06 and '07 seasons, the Cardinals of Plattsburgh have had the last laugh against the Cortland Red Dragons. The Cards ended the Red Dragons' season in 2006 with an extra-innings (10 innings) 4-3 victory on their home turf in the SUNYAC Championship game and again the next season in the NorthEast regional final with a one-sided 10-1 win over Cortland on the Red Dragons' own field. The victory sent the Cardinals to the Division III Softball World Series for the first time in school history.

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Units of the State University of New York
University CentersAlbany • Binghamton • Buffalo • Stony Brook
Other Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsCollege of Environmental Science and Forestry • HSC Brooklyn • HSC Syracuse • NYS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Cornell) • NYS College of Ceramics (Alfred) • NYS College of Human Ecology (Cornell) • NYS College of Veterinary Medicine (Cornell) • NYS School of Industrial and Labor Relations (Cornell) • State College of Optometry
University CollegesBuffalo State • Brockport • Cortland • Empire State (multi-site) • Fredonia • Geneseo • New Paltz • Old Westbury • Oneonta • Oswego • Plattsburgh • Potsdam • Purchase
Technology CollegesAlfred State • Canton • Cobleskill • Delhi • Farmingdale • Morrisville • SUNY Institute of Technology • SUNY Maritime College
Community CollegesAdirondack • Broome • Cayuga • Clinton • Columbia-Greene • Corning • Dutchess • Erie • Fashion Institute of Technology • Finger Lakes • Fulton-Montgomery • Genesee • Herkimer • Hudson Valley • Jamestown • Jefferson • Mohawk Valley • Monroe • Nassau • Niagara • North Country • Onondaga • Orange • Rockland • Schenectady • Suffolk • Sullivan • Tompkins Cortland • Ulster • Westchester
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State of New York

Flag of New York Seal
Nickname(s): The Empire State
Motto(s): Excelsior!

Official language(s) None

Capital Albany
Largest city New York City

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State of New York

Flag of New York Seal
Nickname(s): The Empire State
Motto(s): Excelsior!

Official language(s) None

Capital Albany
Largest city New York City

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"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
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Binghamton University, State University of New York, or their officially adopted name, Binghamton University, is a coeducational public research university located in Vestal, New York.
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University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (UB) (also known as SUNY Buffalo) is a coeducational public research university, which has multiple campuses located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, USA.
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State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB), also known as Stony Brook University (SBU) is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York (on the north side of Long Island, about 55 miles east of Manhattan, New York).
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SUNY System Administration

SUNY System Administration Building (also known as the old D&H Railroad Building)
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Name SUNY System Administration
Location Albany, New York
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City of Albany, New York
Downtown Albany as seen from the Corning Tower.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was the Governor of New York (1943-1955) and the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in 1944 and 1948.
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Owen D. Young (October 27 1874 - July 11 1962) was an American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat at the Second Reparations Conference (SRC) in 1929, as a member of the German Reparations International Commission.
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General Electric Co.

Public (NYSE:  GE )
Founded 1878 in Menlo Park, New Jersey
Founder Thomas Alva Edison
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New York Legislature

Type Bicameral
Houses Senate
Assembly
President of the Senate David Paterson, (D)
since January 1, 2007
Speaker of the Assembly Sheldon Silver, (D)
since February 11, 1994

Members 212
Political groups Democratic Party
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