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?

• SUNY Potsdam has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at SUNY Potsdam is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• 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.
• In <nil>, 74% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, SUNY Potsdam bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,940 a year. That's about 20% more than their peers at other schools.

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
Website:	www.potsdam.edu

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?

With an acceptance rate of 81%, SUNY Potsdam may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

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 72% of students took out student loans averaging $6,844 a year. That adds up to $27,376 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Potsdam is 3.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

SUNY Potsdam Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,352 undergraduate students at SUNY Potsdam, with 2,251 being full-time and 101 being part-time.

There are also 255 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,251 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Potsdam, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	41
Black or African American	214
Hispanic or Latino	243
White	1,587
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	158

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 2020-2021, 916 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.

This school is the 83rd most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

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.

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%.

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.