SUNY College--Potsdam Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at SUNY College--Potsdam is 14:1, and the school has 62.0 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at SUNY College--Potsdam include: Education, Other; English Language and Literature/Letters; Social Sciences; Visual and Performing Arts; and Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 76.0 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts Foreign languages Humanities Sciences (biological or physical) Computer literacy History Mathematics Social science English (including composition) Other Philosophy
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	14:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Education, Other 23% English Language and Literature/Letters 12% Social Sciences 11% Visual and Performing Arts 11% Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 10%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's, Master's
Combined-degree programs	3-2 School of Engineering at SUNY Binghamton; Engineering Double Degree with Clarkson; MBA Programs with Clarkson University (4+1); MBA with Alfred University (4+1); MBA with Rochester Institute of Technology (4+1); MBA with SUNY Oswego (4+1); MBA with Union University (4+1); Masters of Social Work Degree with Kent School; SUNY College of Optometry (3-4); SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome (3-2);
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences N/A Service learning N/A Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A Writing in the disciplines N/A Undergraduate research/creative projects N/A Learning communities N/A

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	76%
4-year graduation rate	29

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data