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2011 freshman class profile

2011 transfer class profile

Faculty

Academics

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Fun Facts

About

Location: SUNY Oneonta is located in the city of Oneonta (pop. 14,000), about halfway between Albany and Binghamton.

Campus: 250 acres on main campus
               284 acres at College Camp
                2,600 acres at Biological Field Station in Cooperstown

COST

2011-2012

Total in-state: $16,316

Tuition: $5,270

Room & Board: $9,720

Fees: $1,326

Total out-of-state: $25,366

         Tuition: $14,320

         Room & Board: $9,720

Fees: $1,326

STUDENTS

Total undergraduate enrollment: 6,000
Male/female ratio: 43 to 57
Multicultural population: 12.7%

More Facts:

Geographic origin of student body within New York state:

Central (Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica areas): 14.8%

Hudson Valley (mid & upper Hudson, Westchester): 21.9%

Long Island: 23.5%

New York City: 6.5%

Other U.S. states represented: 17

International students: 121

Other countries represented: 26

2011 freshman class profile

Enrollment: 1,164
Average combined SAT score: 1130
Average high school GPA: 91
Applications received: 12,341
Acceptance rate: 43%

2011 transfer class profile

Enrollment: 474
Average incoming GPA: 3.2
Applications received: 2,422
Acceptance rate: 38%

FACULTY

Full time: 258
Part time: 245
Faculty with highest degree in their field: 84 %

ACADEMICS

Undergraduate majors: 69
Undergraduate student to faculty ratio: 17 to 1
Average class size: 21 students

More Facts:

Graduate and post-baccalaureate programs: 9

Nationally accredited programs:

Accounting
Business Economics
Chemistry
Economics
Education
Human Ecology
Music

State-of-the-art science building features:

Digital planetarium
9 laboratories
Weather observatory
2 greenhouses

Music opportunities include:

3 digital recording studios, including one with tunable walls
18 performing ensembles

REPUTATION

Teaching excellence: No. 41 on U.S. News and World Report’s 2012 list of “Best Regional Universities” in the North

Value: No. 47 in Kiplinger’s magazine’s 2011 rankings of “100 Best Values in Public Colleges”

Community: One of 311 higher education institutions nationwide awarded the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Community Engagement Classification in recognition of civic partnerships and service learning activities, and named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for six consecutive years

Sustainability: One of 308 colleges nationwide included in 2011 Princeton Review’s “Guide to Green Colleges”

Satisfaction: 86 % freshman retention rate

Fun Facts

55 student DJs at WONY 90.0 FM, the college radio station

2 art galleries

6 NCAA Division III national titles in the past 10 years

99 recognized student clubs and organizations

5 fraternities, 8 sororities

2 theaters

55,763 hours of community service performed by students last year

194 student participants in 2011 Student Research Day

9 study abroad partner universities in 7 countries

90,000+ cups of coffee sold at our Starbucks last year

DID YOU KNOW?

Our College Camp Observatory has the largest optical telescope in New York state.

Our new Lake Management master’s program is the first in the nation.

Our Cooperstown Graduate Program is one of only two museum studies programs in the country located on a museum campus.