New York's Best Colleges and Universities

Universities in New York

Public primary, middle-level and secondary education is monitored by the University of the State of New York. New York's university system is known as State University of New York(SUNY). It consists of 64 community colleges, technical colleges, undergraduate colleges and universities. It is the largest public university system in the country.

It was established in 1948 and has a total enrollment of 465,000 students along with 1.1 million adult education students. The oldest Catholic institutions in Northeast along with Fordham University are among the notable private universities in the state. New York is the only state to have more than one Ivy League school as it is home to Columbia University(New York City) and Cornell University (Ithaca).

Other notable universities in New York are

Clarkson University University of Rochester Pace University New York University Hofstra University

Dominica College Colgate University Bard College Hamilton College Ithaca College

Columbia University
Founded in 1754, Columbia University is in Manhattan, New York City. It is a private and the oldest Ivy League university. It is also the oldest institution of higher learning in the New York State and is the fifth oldest in United States. The university operates four Columbia Global Centers located in Amman, Jordan: Beijing, China; Paris, France; Mumbai, India. It has twenty schools and is afflicted with numerous institutions such as Teachers College, Barnard College and the Union Theological Seminary. A total of 27,606 students enroll in various programs offered by the university.

State University of New York at Geneseo
SUNY Geneseo or the State University of New York at Geneseo, is a University College of the State University of New York. It is located in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. It was founded in 1871 and became a state liberal arts college in 1948. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. The university provides 48 undergraduate majors, six graduate programs (Master's only) and 25 interdisciplinary minors. There are approximately 5,000 students with a student/faculty ratio of 19:1. New Yorkers refer to it as the "Ivy of the SUNYs" or "Harvard on the Hill" because of its rigorous academic curriculum.

Stony Brook University
Founded in 1957, Stony Brook University is a public research university. It is one of the four university centers, and is considered a flagship institution of the State University of New York. The student population is approximately 24,500. It is one of the 63 leading research universities in the United States, and is a member of Association of American Universities.

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About Colleges and Universities in NY

There are many colleges and universities in New York. At the college level, the State University of New York (SUNY) is the statewide public university system. It is the biggest public university system in the U.S. The public university system of New York City is the City University of New York (CUNY). The State University of New York system is made up of 64 technical colleges, community colleges, universities and undergraduate colleges. The four university centers are Binghamton University, University at Albany, Stony Brook University and University at Buffalo.

Besides these, there are a number of distinguished private universities, which include Fordham University, the oldest Catholic institute in the Northeast. The state is home to both Cornell University in Ithaca and Columbia University in New York City, making it the only state to have more than one Ivy League school. The service academy of the U.S. Army, West Point, is situated on the banks of the Hudson River, just to the south of Newburgh.

Other famous colleges and universities in the state include the following:

Clarkson University Bard College Colgate University Canisius College Dominican College Cooper Union Hamilton College Fordham University Hofstra University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Ithaca College Hudson Valley Community College Marist College Manhattanville College

Pace University New York University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Polytechnic Institute of NYU Rockland Community College Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Skidmore College Sarah Lawrence College St. Lawrence University St. John's University Union College Syracuse University Vassar College University of Rochester

Last Updated Date: February 1, 2019