SUNY Potsdam Overview

Located in Potsdam, New York, SUNY Potsdam is a public institution. The location of SUNY Potsdam is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is SUNY Potsdam Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the post-master's certificate is the highest award a student can attain at SUNY Potsdam.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 71% of the faculty were full-time.

SUNY Potsdam Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SUNY Potsdam.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#55	Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#59	Best Value Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#62	Best Value Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#93	Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards SUNY Potsdam has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#52	Best Mathematics Education Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#80	Best Criminal Justice Studies Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#118	Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#120	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#125	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#147	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is SUNY Potsdam?

Contact details for SUNY Potsdam are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676-2294
Phone:	315-267-2000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/SUNYPotsdam
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/SUNYPotsdam1816

How Do I Get Into SUNY Potsdam?

You can apply to SUNY Potsdam online at: www.suny.edu/student/apply_online.cfm

Admission Requirements for SUNY Potsdam

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Potsdam?

SUNY Potsdam has an acceptance rate of 72%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Can I Afford SUNY Potsdam?

The overall average net price of SUNY Potsdam is $23,970. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SUNY Potsdam, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $7,006 a year. That adds up to $28,024 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Potsdam is 7.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

SUNY Potsdam Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,842 undergraduate students at SUNY Potsdam, with 2,705 being full-time and 137 being part-time.

There are also 242 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,705 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Potsdam, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of SUNY Potsdam students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	47
Black or African American	310
Hispanic or Latino	343
White	1,795
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	201

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY Potsdam. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at SUNY Potsdam. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, China, and Germany.

Online Learning at SUNY Potsdam

In 2019-2020, 2,964 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SUNY Potsdam has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of SUNY Potsdam

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SUNY Potsdam was 601.9%. This is the #144 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SUNY Potsdam regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of SUNY Potsdam majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Education	18%
Teacher Education Grade Specific	25%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SUNY Potsdam ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at SUNY Potsdam.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#5
Education	#22

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

SUNY Potsdam Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Teacher Education Subject Specific	84	0	61	145
Teacher Education Grade Specific	31	3	57	91
Business Administration & Management	65	0	9	74
General Psychology	50	0	0	50
Music	39	0	1	40
General Biology	38	0	0	38
Communication & Media Studies	36	0	0	36
Mathematics	30	0	3	33
History	29	0	0	29
Public Health	27	0	1	28
Criminal Justice & Corrections	25	0	0	25
Writing Studies	22	0	0	22
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	19	19
Sociology	19	0	0	19
Arts & Media Management	19	0	0	19
Fine & Studio Arts	16	0	0	16
Health & Physical Education	15	0	0	15
Drama & Theater Arts	15	0	0	15
Natural Resources Conservation	14	0	0	14
General English Literature	13	0	0	13
Romance Languages	13	0	0	13
Computer Science	12	0	0	12
Dance	12	0	0	12
General Visual & Performing Arts	12	0	0	12
Special Education	0	2	8	10
Physics	9	0	0	9
Political Science & Government	9	0	0	9
Geological & Earth Sciences	7	0	0	7
Anthropology	6	0	0	6
Archeology	6	0	0	6
International Studies	5	0	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	3	0	0	3
Business/Managerial Economics	3	0	0	3
Instructional Media Design	0	0	3	3
Chemistry	3	0	0	3
Philosophy	2	0	0	2
Ethnic Studies	1	0	0	1
Economics	1	0	0	1
Geography & Cartography	1	0	0	1
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	0
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	0
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	0
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0
English Literature (Other)	0	0	0	0
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	0
Natural Sciences	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	692	5	162	859

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.