New York, State University of

New York, State University of, is the largest statewide public system of higher education in the United States. The university system, commonly called SUNY, has more than 60 campuses throughout the state of New York. These campuses include university centers and other institutions that grant doctor’s degrees; university colleges; technology colleges; and community colleges. The State University of New York system was established in 1948. Its headquarters are in Albany.

SUNY’s university centers are in Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook. They are large, broad-based research universities that offer bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor’s degrees. SUNY also includes several specialized schools that offer degrees up to the doctor’s level. These schools include the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred; the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse; the College of Optometry in the Manhattan borough of New York City; the Downstate Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City; the Upstate Medical University in Syracuse; and four colleges at Cornell University in Ithaca.

SUNY has a number of university colleges—arts and sciences colleges that offer degrees up to the master’s level. The colleges at Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, New Paltz, Old Westbury, Oneonta, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Potsdam, and Purchase are traditional residential colleges. Empire State College is a nonresidential, nontraditional college with multiple sites.

SUNY’s technology colleges include the Maritime College in the Bronx borough of New York City and the SUNY Polytechnic Institute which has campuses in Albany and Marcy. SUNY also has technology colleges in Alfred, Canton, Cobleskill, Delhi, Farmingdale, and Morrisville. SUNY has numerous community colleges throughout the state.

The university’s website at https://www.suny.edu/ offers additional information.