SUNY--Plattsburgh Academic Life

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The student-faculty ratio at SUNY--Plattsburgh is 17:1, and the school has 41.2 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at SUNY--Plattsburgh include: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Education; Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs; Psychology; and Social Sciences. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 80.8 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
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio 17:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

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Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 27%
Education 11%
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs 8%
Psychology 8%
Social Sciences 7%

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Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered Certificate, Bachelor's, Master's, Post-master's certificate
Combined-degree programs (Art) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; (Biology) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; (Chemistry) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; (Earth Sci) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; (English) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; (French) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; (Math) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; (Music) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; (Soc Stu) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; (Spanish) Childhd Ed Gr 1-6/Spec Ed B-Gr6 BS/MSED; Biology/Adolescence Education BA/MST; Chemistry/Adolescence Education BA/MST; English/Adolescence Education BA/MST; French/Adolescence Education BA/MST; Geology (Earth Science)/Adoles Ed BA/MST; History (Social Studies)/Adoles Ed BA/MST; Mathematics/Adolescence Education BA/MST; Physics/Adolescence Education BA/MST; Spanish/Adolescence Education BA/MST
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences 19%
Service learning 57.2%
Senior capstone or culminating academic experience 8%
Writing in the disciplines 100%
Undergraduate research/creative projects 20.4%
Learning communities 41.1%

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Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate 81%
4-year graduation rate 32

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* Academic Life details based on 2011 data

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